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OIT/OHSU - Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| plasia | formation, development |
| -plasm | growth, development |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -ptosis | drooping, prolapse |
| -sclerosis | harding |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -spasm | sudden violent involuntary contraction |
| -stalsis | constriction |
| -stasis | to stop, control |
| -stenosis | tightning, narrowing |
| -stalsis | constriction |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tome | Instrument to cut |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -tresia | opening |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -trophy | development |
| -ule | little |
| -ia, -y | process, condition |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, oid, -ous, -tic | pertaining to |
| -osis | condition |
| -algia | pain |
| -blast | embryonic |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centisis | surgically puncture |
| -cylsis | wash or irrigate |
| -coccus | berry shaped |
| -crit | seperate |
| -drome | to run |
| -ectasis | to stretch, dilatation |
| -ectomy | to excise |
| -er | one who |
| -fusion | to pour |
| -genesis | condition of producing |
| -grade | to go |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | process of studying |
| -lysis | to break |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | to measure |
| -odynia | pain |
| -ole | little |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opsy | to view |
| -or | one who |
| -orrhagia | bursting forth of blood |
| -orrhaphy | suture |
| -orrhea | discharge |
| -orrhexia | rupture |
| -ostomy | to make a new opening. |
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