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LOM Ch 3 Noun Suffix
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -coccus | berry-shaped |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision; resection (such as appendectomy) |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
| -opsy | to view |
| -osis | conditon, usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disaease condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | falling, dropping, prolapse |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for visual exam |
| -scopy | process of visual exam |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -stomy | surgically created artificial opening, to form a mouth (such as colostomy) |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | incision, cuting into |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -er | one who |
| -ia | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -ole | little, small |
| -ule | little, small |
| -um, -ium | structure, tissue |
| -us | structure, substance |
| -y | condition, process |
| -ac, -iac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical,-ose, -ous, -tic | pertaining to |
| -genic | produced by or pertaining to produced by |
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