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Ch 2 Suffixes.
Medical Terminology by Marjorie Canfield, Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -algia | pain (cephalalgia) |
| -dynia | pain (cephalodynia) |
| -genesis | origin or production (pathogenesis) |
| -lysis | breaking down or dissolution (hemolysis) |
| -megaly | enlargement (hepatomegaly) |
| -oid | resembling (lipoid ) |
| -penia | abnormal reduction (leukopenia) |
| -rrhea | discharge (rhinorrhea) |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction (vasospasm) |
| -cele | pouching or hernia (gastrocele) |
| -emia | blood condition (hyperlipemia) |
| -iasis | formation or presence of (lithiasis) |
| -itis | inflammation (hepatitis) |
| -malacia | softening (osteomalacia) |
| -oma | tumor (carcinoma) |
| -osis | condition or increase (sclerosis) |
| -phil | attraction for (basophil) |
| -philia | attraction for (pneumophilia) |
| -ptosis | falling (gastroptosis) |
| -rrhage | to burst forth (hemorrhage) |
| -rrhagia | to burst forth (hemorrhahia) |
| -rrhexis | rupture (hepatorrhexis ) |
| -centesis | puncture for aspiration (abdominocentesis) |
| -desis | binding (arthrodesis) |
| -ectomy | excision or removal (nephrectomy) |
| -pexy | suspension or fixation (gastropexy) |
| -plasty | surgical repair (rhinoplasty) |
| -rrhaphy | suture (osteorrhaphy) |
| -tomy | incision (laparoctomy) |
| -stomy | creation of an opening (gastrostomy) |
| -tripsy | crushing (lithotripsy) |
| -e | noun marker (erythrocyte) |
| -ia | condition of (phobia ) |
| -ism | condition of (alcoholism) |
| -ium | structure or tissue (epigastrium) |
| -ation | condition or process of (starvation) |
| -y | condition or process of (adenopathy) |
| -ac | adjective ending, pertaining to (cardiac) |
| -al | adjective ending, pertaining to (pedal) |
| -ar | adjective ending, pertaining to (glandular) |
| -ary | adjective ending, pertaining to (pulmonary) |
| -eal | adjective ending, pertaining to (esophageal) |
| -ic | adjective ending, pertaining to (toxic) |
| -ous | adjective ending, pertaining to (fibrous) |
| -tic | adjective ending, pertaining to (cyanotic) |
| -icle | diminutive, small (ventricle) |
| -ole | diminutive, small (bronchiole) |
| -ula | diminutive, small (macula ) |
| -ule | diminutive, small (pustule) |
| -gram | record (sonogram) |
| -graph | instrument for recording (sonograph) |
| -graphy | process of recording (sonography) |
| -iatrics | treatment (pediatrics) |
| -iatry | treatment (psychiatry) |
| -logy | study of (cytology) |
| -logist | one who specializes in (pshychologist) |
| -ist | one who specializes in (pharmacist) |
| -meter | instrument for measuring (spirometer) |
| -metry | process of measuring (spirometry) |
| -poiesis | formation (hemopoiesis) |
| -scope | instrument for examination (endoscope) |
| -scopy | examination (endoscopy) |
| -stasis | stop or stand (hemostasis) |
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