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medicalterm suffixes
suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -able | capable of |
| -ible | capable of |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -an | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia (protrusion of organ through it's containing wall) |
| -centesis | procedure to aspirate fluid |
| -ectasia | dilation |
| -ectasis | dilation |
| -ectomy | excision or removal |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood |
| -genic | beginning/producing |
| -genesis | beginning/producing |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | condition |
| -ism | condition |
| -ist | one who |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -kinesia | movement/motion |
| -kinesis | movement/motion |
| -logist | specialist |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | loosening/freeing/breaking apart/destroying |
| -lytic | pertaining to destruction |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | preoccupation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision |
| -ose | sugar |
| -osis | condition |
| -ous | pertaining to/ characterized by |
| -pathy | disease or abnormality |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -phagia | eating/swallowing |
| -phagic | eating/swallowing |
| -phagy | eating/swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhage | excessive flow or discharge |
| -rrhagia | excessive flow or discharge |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scopy | examination with an instrument |
| -spasm | twitching |
| -stasis | stopping |
| -stomy | forming of an opening |
| -tome | an instrument for cutting |
| -tomy | incision (cutting into) |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -trophic | nutrition |
| -trophy | nutrition |