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CPC-Suffixes
CPC Study - Anatomy / Pathophysiology Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -coccus | spherical bacterium |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -ia | condition |
| -malacia | softening |
| -opsy | view of |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| -tomy | to cut |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -blast | embryonic |
| -clast, -clasia, -clasis | break |
| -desis | bind together |
| -listhesia | slipping |
| -physis | to grow |
| -porosis | passage, cavity formation |
| -schisis | split |
| -stenosis | narrowing, blockage |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar, -ary | pertaining to |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -centesis | puncture to drain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasis | stretching |
| -emia | blood |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -graphy | recording process |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -meter | measurement; measuring instrument |
| -metry | measurement of |
| -osmia | smell |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -phonia | sound |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | abnormal, excessive flow |
| -scopy | to examine |
| -spasm | muscle contraction |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| -stomy | new opening |
| -thorax | chest |
| -dilation | widening, expanding |
| -lysis | separation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -arche | beginning |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -para | woman that's given birth |
| -parous | to bear |
| -salpinx | uterine tube |
| -tocia | labor |
| -version | turning |
| -one | hormone |
| -pexy | fixation |
| -lithiasis | condition of stones |
| -rraphy | suture |
| -tripsy | crush |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -cele | hernia |
| -chezia | defecation |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -phagia | eating |
| -prandial | meal |
| -edema | swelling |
| -oid | resembling |
| -penia | deficient |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -poiesis | production |
| -agon | assemble |
| -drome | run, rel. to conducting, to speed |
| -in, -ine | a substance |
| -uria | urine |
| -algesia | pain sensation |
| -esthesia | feeling |
| -iatry | medical treatment |
| -ictal | pertaining to |
| -paresis | incomplete paralysis |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -opia | vision |
| -omia | smell |
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