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300-68wM6 Med Terms
68wM6 medical terms suffixes words.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ac | pertaining to |
| cardi-ac | pertaining to |
| al | pertaining to |
| femor-al | pertaining to |
| ar | pertaining to |
| mal-ar | pertaining to |
| ary | pertaining to |
| bil-ary | pertaining to |
| arthr-algia | pain |
| apheresis (ie. hemapheresis) | removal |
| ase (ie. sucrase) | enzyme |
| asthenia (ie. | weakness |
| capnia (ie. hypocapnia) | carbon dioxide |
| cele | hernia or protrusion |
| centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
| cidal | killing |
| coccus (pl. cocci) | berry shaped (a form of bacterium) |
| crine | seperate; secrete |
| cyte | cell |
| desis | surgical fixation; fusion |
| eal | pertaining to |
| ectasis | stetching out; dilatation; expansion |
| ectomy | excision or surgical removal |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | blood condition |
| esis | condition |
| iasis | condition |
| ic | pertaining to |
| gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| genesis | orgin; cause |
| genic | producing; originating; causing |
| gram | record; x-ray film |
| graph | instrument used to record |
| graphy | process of recording; x-ray filming |
| ia | condition of diseased or abnormal state |
| ial | pertaining to |
| iatry | physician; treatment |
| ician | one who |
| ictal | seizure; attack |
| ism | state of |
| itis | inflammation |
| lepsy | seizure |
| lysis | breaking down; dissoulution; separating |
| lytic | destroy; reduce |
| malacia | softening |
| mania | madness; insane desire |
| megaly | enlargement |
| meter | instrument used to measure |
| metry | measurement |
| morph | form; shape |
| odynia | pain |
| oid | resembling |
| ologist | one who studies and practices; a specialist |
| ology | study of |
| oma | tumor or swelling |
| opia | vision (condition) |
| opsy | to view |
| oorhagia (ie. menorrhagia) | rapid flow of blood |
| orrhaphy | suturing; repairing |
| orrhea | flow; excessive discharge |
| orrhexis | rupture |
| osis | abnormal condition (means increased when used with blood cell word roots) |
| ostomy (ie. colostomy) | creation of an artificial opening |
| otomy | cut into or incision |
| ous | pertaining to |
| oxia (hypoxia) | oxygen |
| paresis (gastroparesis) | slight paralysis |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | abnormal reduction in number |
| pepsia | digestion |
| pexy | surgical fixation; suspension |
| phagia | eating; swallowing |
| phobia | abnormal fear of or aversion to specific objects or things |
| phonia | sound or voice |
| phoria | feeling |
| physis | growth |
| plasia | formation; development; a growth |
| plasm | growth; substance; formation |
| plasty | plastic or surgical repair |
| plegia | paralysis |
| pnea | breathing |
| poiesis | formation |
| porosis | passage |
| prandial | meal |
| ptosis | dropping; sagging; prolapse |
| ptysis | spitting |
| salpinx (ie. salpingo) | fallopian tube |
| sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| scope (ie. otoscope) | instrument used for visual examination. |
| scopy (ie. colonoscopy) | visual examination |
| scopic | visual examination |
| sepsis | infection |
| spasm | sudden involuntary muscle contration |
| stasis (ie. hemostasis) | control; stop |
| stalsis | contraction |
| stenosis | constriction; narrowing |
| thorax | chest |
| tocia | birth; labor |
| tome | instrument used to cut |
| tripsy | surgical crushing |
| trophy | nourishment |
| ule | little |
| uria | urine; urination |
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