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Medical Suffix
Suffix and Prefix
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -lysis | process of loosening freeing, or destroying |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgicale repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture(uniting a wound by stitches ) |
| -scope | viewing |
| -scopy | visual examination with a lighted instrument |
| -stomy | formation of an opening |
| lith(o) | stone or calculus |
| -tomy | incision(cutting into tissue) |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -algia , -dynia | pain |
| -ectasia, -ectasis | dilatation (dilation, enlargement) |
| -edema | swelling |
| -malacia | soft, softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -rrhage , -rrhagia | excessive bleeding or hemorrhage |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | twitching, cramp |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -gram | a record |
| -graph | instrument used to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -scope | instrument used for viewing |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -plasty | plastic surgery |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -tomy | incision (cutting) |
| -tome | an instrument used for cutting |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| aden(o) | gland |
| angi(o) | vessel |
| append(o) | appendix |
| appendi(o) | appendix |
| blephar(o) | eyelid |
| cerebr(o) | brain |
| encephal(o) | sometimes means portion of the brain |
| chir(o) | hand |
| col(o) | colon or large intestine |
| cutane(o) | skin |
| derm(a) | skin |
| dermat(o) | skin |
| mamm(o) | breast |
| mast(o) | breast |
| nephr(o) | kidney |
| ren(o) | kidney |
| oste(o) | bone |
| steth(o) | throax(chest) |
| trache(o) | trachea(windpipe) |
| tonsill(o) | tonsil |
| vas(o) | vessel |
| cancer(o) | cancer |
| carcin(o) | cancer |
| onc(o) | tumor |
| -cele | hernia |
| -emia | condition of the blood |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | condition |
| -mania | a person who shows excessive preoccupation |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -ptosis | prolapse(sagging) |
| hyster(o) | uterus |
| pyr(o) | with seeing or setting fires |
| -iasis | condition |
| -able | capable of |
| -ible | able to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -eum | membrane |
| -ium | membrane |
| -ia | condition or theory |
| -ism | condition or theory |
| -iac | one who suffers |
| -opia | vision |
| -ose | sugar |
| -ous | pertaining to or characterized by |
| -y | state or condition |
| opt(o) | vision |
| -cyte | cell |
| -gen | generates |
| -genic | produced by |
| -genesis | producing or forming |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -kinesis | motion |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -lysin | destroys |
| -lysis | process of destroying |
| -lytic | capable of destroying |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -phagia | eating or swallowing |
| -phagic | eating or swallowing |
| -phagy | eating or swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -schisis | split, cleft |
| scler(o) | hard |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| troph(o) | nutrition |
| -trophic | nutrition |
| -trophy | nutrition |
| pleg(o) | paralysis |
| alb(o) | white |
| chlor(o) | green |
| cyan(o) | blue |
| erythr(o) | red |
| melan(o) | black |
| xanth(o) | yellow |
| hist(o) | tissue |
| lact(o) | milk |
| muscul(o) | muscle |
| my(o) | muscle |
| nas(o) | nose |
| rhin(o) | nose |
| pod(o) | foot |
| pyr(o) | fire |
| tox(o) | poison |
| toxic(o) | poison |
| aut(o) | self |
| idi(o) | individual |
| iatr(o) | physician or treatment |
| nos(o) | disease |
| seps(o) | infection |
| sept(i) | infection |
| sept(o) | infection |
| bacter(i) | bacteria |
| bacteri(o) | bacteria |
| fung(i) | fungus |
| myc(o) | fungus |
| staphyl(o) | grapelike cluster; uvula |
| strept(o) | twisted |
| vir(o) | virus |
| virus(o) | virus |
| aer(o) | air or gas |
| -cidal | killing |
| -genesis | development |
| in situ | localized |
| -ia | condition |
| -iac | one who suffers |
| -iatrogenic | unfavorable response to medical treatment |
| phil(o) | attraction |
| chrom(o) | color |
| kary(o) | nucleus |
| nucle(o) | nucleus |
| kal(i) | potassium |
| natr(o) | sodium |
| hidr(o) | sweat |
| hemoglobin(o) | hemoglobin |
| morph(o) | shape; form |
| norm(o) | normal |
| poikil(o) | irregular |
| spher(o) | round |
| coagul(o) | coagulation |
| fibrin(o) | fibrin |
| thromb(o) | thrombus; clot |
| aer(o) | air or gas |
| is(o) | equal |
| necr(o) | death |
| -ant | that which causes |
| -ate | to cause an action or result of an action |
| -poiesis | production |
| -poietin | that which causes production |
| hidr(o) | sweat, perspiration |
| muc(o) | mucus |
| py(o) | pus |
| sial(o) | saliva, silivary glands |
| ur(o) | urine, urinary tract |
| calc(i) | calcium |
| home(o) | sameness; constant |
| steth(o) | chest |
| coron(o) | crown |
| de- | down, from, or reversing |
| aden(o) | gland |
| scler(o) | hard |
| -ole | little |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| splen(o) | spleen |
| -oma | tumor |
| phleb(o) | vein |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| coni(o) | dust |
| pneum(o) | lung or air |
| -phoresis | transmission |
| xer(o) | dry |
| seps(o) | infection |
| sept(o) | infection |
| rhytid(o) | wrinkle |
| necr(o) | dead or death |
| ichthy(o) | fish |
| heli(o) | sun |
| follicul(o) | follicle |
| erythemat(o) | erythema or redness |
| cry(o) | cold |
| adip(o) | fat |
| lip(o) | fat |
| cutane(o) | skin |
| derm(o) | skin |
| dermat(o) | skin |
| kerat(o) | horny or cornea |
| -derm(o) | skin or germ layer |
| hidr(o) | sweat |
| onych(o) | nail |
| ungu(o) | nail |
| pil(o) | hair |
| trich(o) | hair |
| seb(o) | sebum |
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