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Suffixes
Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -oid | resembling |
| -en | to produce |
| -esis, -ism, -ia | condition |
| -ad | toward |
| -y | condition or process |
| -ist | specialist |
| -pathy | disease |
| -osis; -iasis | abnormal condition; increase (when used in words related to blood) |
| -graft | transplantation |
| -penia | decrease or deficiency |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -plasia | formation, growth |
| -phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -iac, -ic, -ior, -ous, -tic, -itic | pertaining to |
| -derma | skin |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -osmia | smell |
| -oxia | O2 - oxygen |
| -phagia | swallowing, eating |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -oles | small, minute |
| -isy | state of; condition |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -ema | state of; condition |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -is | noun ending |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -thorax | chest |
| -malacia | softening |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -plasm | formation, growth |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -ectomy | removal or excision |
| -megaly | enlarged |
| -cyte | cell |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -desis | the binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
| -lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -esthesia | feeling |
| -duction | act of leading, bringing, conducting |
| -opia | vision |
| -crine | secrete |
| -gnosis | knowing |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| -version, -verse | turning |
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