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Tarrant County
TCCD suffix (chap 1-9) HPRS 1206
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -a | no meaning |
| -ad | toward |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -amnios | amniotic fluid,amnion |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -atresia | absence of a normal body opening,occlusion,closure |
| -cele | hernia,protrusion-centesis |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
| -coccus (pl. cocci) | berry-shaped (a form of bacterium) |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasis | streching out, dilatation,expansion |
| -ectomy | excision,surgical removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -esis | condition |
| -gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| -genesis | origin,cause |
| -genic | producing,originating,causing |
| -gram | record,x-ray image |
| -graphy | process of recording,x-ray imaging |
| -ia | condition of diseased or abnormal state |
| -ial | pertaining to |
| -iasis | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ior | prtaining to |
| -is | no meaning |
| -ism | state of |
| -itis | inflamation |
| -logist | one who studies and treats,specialist,physician |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | loosening,dissolution,separating |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | measurement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor,swelling |
| -opsy | view of viewing |
| -osis | abnormal condition (means increas when used with blood cell word roots) |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -partum | childbirth,labor |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pexy | surgical fixation,suspension |
| -phagia | eating,swallowing |
| -phonia | sound or voice |
| -plasia | condition of formation,development, growth |
| -plasm | growth,substance,formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | dropping,sagging prolapse |
| -rrhagia | rapid flow of blood |
| -rrhaphy | suturing,repairing |
| -rrhea | flow excessive discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -salpinx | fallopian tube |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| -scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -sis | state of |
| -spasm | sudden, involuntary muscle contraction |
| -stasia | control,stop,standing |
| -stenosis | constriction or narrowing |
| -stomy | creation of an artificaial opening |
| -thorax | chest |
| -tocia | birth,labor |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| -tomy | cut into or incision |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -uria | urine,urination |
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