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SIUE SOP P1
Suffix/ meaning
| Suffix | meaning |
|---|---|
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomitting |
| -emia | blood |
| -genesis | producing, formating |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | seperation, destruction |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | swallow, eat |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | fomation, growth |
| -plasm | formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -rhage | bursting forth of |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth of |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -scope | instrument to view |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -stasis | standing still |
| stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -stomy | forming a new opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision, to cut into |
| -uria | urine |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
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