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MA suffixes
Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| small one | -ule |
| -us | identifies singular nouns |
| characteristic of the urine | -uria |
| -um | identifies singular nouns |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| surgical removal | -ectomy |
| record or picture | -gram |
| -desis | binding or surgical fusion |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| surgical creation of a new opening | -stomy |
| -stasis | stopping or controlling |
| -scopy | process of viewing with a scope |
| instrument used to view | -scope |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| discharge;flow | -rrhea |
| -iatry | medical treatment, medical profession |
| -ian | specialist in a field of study |
| the process of measuring | -metry |
| stone | -lith |
| -lepsy | seizure,attack |
| -ize | to make;to treat or combine with |
| inflammation | -itis |
| -ist | practitioner |
| condition | -ism |
| action;process | -ion |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| enlargement | -megaly |
| destruction | -lytic |
| destruction;detachment | -lysis |
| -lithiasis | presence or formation of stones |
| -mania | a mental disorder; a "madness" |
| -er | one who |
| -ate | something that |
| specialist in a field of study | -ician |
| -clasis | crushing or breaking up |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| abnormal fear | -phobia |
| formation or development | -plasia |
| pertaining to | -ous,-ac,-al,-ar,-aru,-eal,-ic,-tic,-ical |
| small little | -ole, -ula |
| process of | -tion |
| practitioner | -ist |
| -iatry | medical treatment medical profession |
| Condition of | -esis,-osis,-ism,-ia |
| one who | -er |
| -emia | blood condition |
| one who treats; a physician | -iatrist,-iatrician |
| -iatric(s) | relating to medicine,physicians or medical treatment |
| -iasis | presence of an abnormal condition |
| specialist in a field of study | -ian |
| pertaining to,formation,producing | -genic |
| -gen | that which generates |
| -esis | condition of |
| surgical puncture | -centesis |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -dynia | pain |
| -lysis | destruction,detachment |
| surgical fixation | -pexy |
| -cele | swelling or herniation |
| embryonic stage of development | -blast |
| -algia | pain |
| -algesia | sensitivity to pain |
| toward, increase | -ad |
| -logy | study of |
| one who specializes in the study of | -logist |
| -rrhaphy | suturing |
| incision into | -tomy |
| -tion | process of |
| intentional crushing | -tripsy |
| -ula | small, little |
| -rrhagia | excessive flow or discharge |
| drooping or prolapse | -ptosis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -philia | attracted to |
| decrease in;deficiency | -penia |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| disease | -pathy |
| -osis | condition |
| -ory | pertaining to;characterized by |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -scope | instrument used to view |
| crushing or breaking up | -clasis |
| -cide | to kill or destroy |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| binding or surgical fusion | -desis |
| -genesis | generating;formation |
| -ectasia | stretching or dilation |
| instrument used to record | -graph |
| surgical repair | -plasty |
| suturing | -rrhaphy |
| visual condition | -opia, opsia |
| tumor | -oma |
| -ole | small or little |
| resembling | -oid |
| process of viewing with a scope | -scopy |
| -stomy | surgical creation of new opening |
| -cyte | cell |
| -tripsy | intentional crushing |
| incision into | -tomy |
| -iatrist | medical treatment, medical profession |
| -iatry | medical treatment,medical profession |
| -ist | practioner |
| -ia | condtion |
| -iatrics | relating to medicine,physician,or medical treatment |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ize | to make; to treat or combine with |
| -e | noun ending |
| -um | identifies singular noun |
| -us | identifies singular noun |
| -a | noun ending |
| -y | noun ending |
| -ia | condition |
| -desis | surgical fixation |
| -ectasia | stretching or dilation |
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