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OIT/OHSU - Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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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. |