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Medical Terminology
Respiratory System (suffixes)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -algia | pain |
| -ar / -ary | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia/protrusion |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasis | stretching out/dilation/expansion |
| -ectomy | excision to cut |
| -emia | in the blood |
| -genic | producing/causing |
| -gram | the record/radiograph image |
| -graph | instrument used to record |
| -graphy | the process of recording |
| -ia | condition/diseased state/abnormal state |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist or physician who studies and treats |
| -logy | study of |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | measurement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -pexy | surgical fixation/suspension |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptysis | spitting/coughing |
| -rrhagia | rapid flow of blood/excessive bleeding |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| -scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary muscle contraction/spasmodic contraction |
| -stenosis | contraction/narrowing |
| -stomy | creation of an artificial opening |
| -thorax | chest |
| -tome | instrument t used to cute |
| -tomy | cut into/incision |
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