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YTI Class 7-23-07
YTI Class 7-23-07 Suffixes & Meanings (Chapt 2)
| Suffix | Suffix meaning |
|---|---|
| -er, -ist | one who |
| -iatrician | practitioner |
| -logist | one who studies, specialist |
| -ac, -al, -ic, -logic, -logical | pertaining to |
| -iatrics, -iatry | medical profession or treatment |
| -logy | study or science of |
| -centisis | surgical puncture (to aspirate or remove fluid) |
| -ectomy | excision (surgical removal or cutting out) |
| -lysis | process of loosening, freeing, dissolving, or destroying |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -scopy | visual exam with lighted instrument |
| -stomy | formation of opening |
| -tome | an instrument used for cutting |
| -tomy | incision (cutting into tissue) |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -algia, dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -ectasia, -ectasis | dilation (dilation, enlargement) |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | condition of the blood |
| -ia, -iasis | condition |
| -itis | inflamation |
| -lith | stone or calculus |
| -malacia | soft, softening |
| -mania | excessive preoccupation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition (abnormal condition) |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -ptosis | prolapse (sagging) |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive bleeding or hemorrhage |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | twitching, cramp |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -able, -ible | capable of, able to |
| -ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -cal, -ic, -ive, -tic | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -eum, -ium | membrane |
| -ia, -ism | condition or theory |
| -iac | one who suffers |
| -opia | vision |
| -ose | sugar |
| -ous | pertaining to or characterized by |
| -y | state or condition |
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