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Medical Term LG
Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -clasis | to break/surgical fracture |
| -desis | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
| -pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen/-genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -iasis | abdominal condition (produced by something specific) |
| -itis | inflammationx |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abdominal condition; increase (usually primarily in blood cells) |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia/-plasm | formation, growth |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
| -rrhage/-rrhagia | bursting forth (of) |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -stenosis | narrowing structure |
| -toxic | poison |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -ac/-al/-ar | pertaining to |
| -ary/-eal/-ic | pertaining to |
| -ical/-ile/-ior | pertaining to |
| -ous/-tic | pertaining to |
| -esis/-ia/-ism | condition |
| -iatry | medicine, treatment |
| -ician | specialist |
| -ist | specialist |
| -y | condition, process |
| -icle/-ole/-ule | small, minute |
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