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Medical Terminology
Suffix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -algia | Pain |
| -ectomy | Surgical Removal |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -gram, -graphy | Record, Picture, The process of recording. |
| -itis | Inflamation |
| -megaly | enlarged |
| -oma | Tumor (or mass) |
| -osis | Abnormal condition or |
| -pathy | Disease (or suffering) |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| -scopy | Visual examination |
| -tomy | Inciscion |
| -stomy | Creating a hole |
| -rrhea | Flow (or excessive fluid) |
| -tysis | Coughing up |
| -staxis | Dripping (drop by drop) [example: Epistaxis, which is a nosebleed. "dripping from above"] |
| -tussis | Cough |
| -ectasis | Dilation, Stretching, Expanding |
| -capnia | Carbon dioxide |