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Med Term
ansgenius-suffixes
| Suffix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| -aemia | condition of blood |
| -agogic | pertaining to inducing/stimulating |
| -agogue | agent which induces/promotes |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | condition of pain |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -arche | beginning |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -auxis | increase |
| -blast | immature germ cell/cell which forms... |
| -cele | swelling/protrusion/hernia |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -chalasis | slackening/loosening |
| -cide | somehing that kills/killing |
| -conus | cone-like protrusion |
| -chromia | condition of coulour/haemoglobin |
| -clasis | breaking |
| -clast | a cell which breaks |
| -clysis | infusion/injection into/irrigation |
| -crit | separate/device for measuring cells |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cytosis | increased number of cells |
| -desis | fixation/bind together by surgery/stick together |
| -dialysis | separating |
| -dynia | condition of pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasis | dilatation/stretching |
| -ectomy | removal of |
| -emphraxis | blocking/stopping up |
| -erysis | drag/draw/suck out |
| -ferous | pertaining to carrying/bearing |
| -form | having the form of |
| -fuge | agent that suppresses/removes |
| -genesis | capable of causing/pertaining to formation |
| -genic | pertaining to formation/originating in |
| -globin | protein |
| -globulin | protein |
| -gram | X-ray picture/tracing/recording |
| -graph | usually an instrument that records |
| -graphy | technique of recording/ making X-ray |
| -gyric | pertaining to circular motion |
| -ia | condition of |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -iatry | doctor/medical treatment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ischia | condition of reducing/holding back |
| -ism | process of |
| -itis | inflammation of |
| -ium | structure/anatomical part |
| -kinesis | movement |
| -kymia | condition |
| -lapaxy | empty/wash out/ |
| -lith | stone |
| -lithiasis | abnormal condition of stones |
| -lysis | breakdown/disintegration |
| -lytic | pertaining to breakdown/disintegration |
| -malacia | conditioning of softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | measuring instrument |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -micria | condition of small size |
| -mileusis | to carve |
| -nyxis | perforation/pricking/puncture |
| -oedema | swelling due to fluid |
| -oid | resembling |
| -olitheis | slipping |
| -oma | tumour/swelling |
| -osis | abnormal condition/disease/abn. increase |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -pathia | condition of disease |
| -pathy | disease of |
| -penia | condition of lack of/deficiency |
| -pexy | surgical fixation/fix in place |
| -phagia | condition of eating |
| -phonia | condition of having voice |
| -phthisis | wasting away |
| -phyma | tumour/boil |
| -phyte | plant/plant-like growth/fungus |
| -plasia | condition of growth/formation of (cells) |
| -plasty | surgical repair/reconstruction |
| -plegia | condition of paralysis |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -ptosis | falling/displacement/prolapse |
| -rrhage | bursting forth (of blood/bleeding) |
| -rrhagia | condition of bursting forth/bleeding |
| -rrhagic | pertaining tobursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhaphy | suture/stitch/suturing |
| -rrhexis | break/rupture |
| -rrhoea | excessive discharge/flow |
| -schisis | cleavage/splitting/parting |
| -sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -sect(ion) | cut/cutting/excision |
| -stenosis | abnormal condition of narrowing |
| -stomy | to form a new opening or outlet |
| -spasm | involuntary muscle contraction |
| -stasis | stopping/controlling/cessation of movement |
| -static | pertaining to stopping/controlling |
| -staxis | dripping |
| -stomy | to form a new opening or outlet |
| -synechia | condition of adhering together |
| -rrhoea | excessive discharge/flow |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -thermy | heat |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| -tomy | incision into |
| -tonia | condition of tension/bone |
| -toxic | pertaining to poisoning |
| -trauma | injury/wound |
| -trophic | pertaining to nourishment |
| -trophin | homone that stimlates/nourishes |
| -trophy | nourishment/develpment |
| -tropic | pertaining to stimulating/affinity for |
| -tripsy | act of crushing |
| -triptor | instrument of crush |
| -trite | instrument to crush/fragment |
| -tubal | pertaining to a tube |
| -um | thing/structure/anatomical part |
| -uresis | excrete in urine/urinate |
| -uria | condition of urine |
| -us | thing/structure |
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