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Suffix Medical Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -algia, -dynia | pain (eg. cephalalgia - pain in the head) |
| -genesis | origin or production (eg. pathogenesis - origin of disease) |
| -lysis | breaking down or dissolution (eg. hemolysis - breakdown of blood) |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling (eg. lipoid - resembling fat) |
| -paenia | abnormal reducion (eg. leukopaenia - abnormal reduction of white blood cells) |
| -rrhoea | discharge (eg. rhinorrhoea - runny discharge from nose) |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -coele | pouching or hernia (eg. gastrocoele - pouching of stomach) |
| -ectasis | expansion or dilation (eg. angiectasis - expansion of a blood vessel) |
| -emia | blood condition (eg. hyperlipemia blood condition of excessive fat) |
| -iasis | formation or presence of (eg. lithiasis formation of stones) |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition or increase (eg. sclerosis - condition of hard) |
| -phil, -philia | attraction for (eg. pneumophilia - condition that has an attraction for the lungs) |
| -ptosis | falling or downward displacement (eg. gastroptosis - downward displacement of the stomach) |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | to burst forth (usually blood) |
| -rrhexis | rupture (eg. hepatorrhexis - rupture of the liver) |
| -centesis | puncture for aspiration |
| -desis | binding (eg. arthrodesis - binding together of a joint |
| -ectomy | excision or removal |
| -pexy | suspension or fixation (eg. gastropexy - fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall) |
| -plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction (eg. rhinoplasty - surgical repair of the nose) |
| -rrhaphy | suture (osteorrhaphy - suture of bone) |
| -tomy | incision |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -e | noun marker eg. erythrocyte (a red blood cell) |
| -ia, -ism | condition of (eg. phobia - condition of exaggerated fear) |
| -ium | structure or tissue (eg. epigastrium - structure upon the stomach) |
| -ation, -y | condition or process of (eg. starvation - process of starving) |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous, -tic | pertaining to (eg. toxic - pertaining to poison) (eg. pedal - pertaining to foot) |
| -icle, -ole, -ula, -ule | small (eg. macula - small spot) |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -iatrics, iatry | treatment (eg. psychiatry - treatment of the mind) |
| -logy | study of |
| -logist | one who specialises in the study or treatment of |
| -ist | one who specialises in |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -poiesis | formation (eg. hemopoiesis - formation of blood) |
| -scope | instrument for examination |
| -scopy | examination |
| -stasis | stop or stand (eg. hemostasis - stop blood) (eg. orthostasis - stand straight) |
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