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Medterm Quiz
Common Suffixes pg 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ist | One who specializes (Pharmacist) |
| itis | Inflammation (Cellulitis) |
| ium | Changes to noun (Cranium |
| ize | To make/use, to take (Anesthetize--to take away feeling) |
| lapse | to slide, sag (Relapse) |
| lith | Stone (Cystolith: bladder stone) |
| logist | One who studies (Cardiologist) |
| logy | Study of (Cardiology) |
| lysis | Destruction (Osteolysis: bone destruction) |
| malacia | Abnormal softening (Osteomalacia) |
| megaly | enlargement, large (Cardiomegaly: enlarged heart) |
| ole | small (Arteriole: small artery) |
| oma | Tumor, mass (Carcinoma) |
| osis | Abnormal condition (Cyanosis) |
| paresis | weakness (paraparesis: weak lower extremities) |
| parous | Give birth (multiparous) |
| partum | birth, labor (postpartum) |
| pathy | disease (Myopathy: muscle disease) |
| penia | few (Cytopenia: too few cells) |
| phasia | speech (aphasia: lack of speech) |
| phobia | abnormal fear |
| phoria | feeling, mental state (Euphoria) |
| physis | to grow (Symphysis: to grow together) |
| plasia | development, growth (dysplasia: abnormal tissue development) |