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Medi Suffixes
Suffixes for Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -osis | condition |
| -paresis | paralysis |
| -penia | lack, deficiency |
| -phobia | an exaggerated fear |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -pnea | to breathe |
| -ptosis | falling, sagging |
| -rrhea | profuse flow, discharge |
| -scoliosis | curvature, crooked |
| -scopy | exam using a scope |
| -some | body |
| -stenosis | narrow, short, constrict |
| -thymia | thymus gland |
| -tonia | stretching |
| -ule | little, small |
| -version | to turn |
| -xenia | strange, abnormal |
| -otomy | cutting into |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phasia | speaking |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -porosis | passage |
| -rrhage | excessive flow |
| -sclerosis | dryness, hardness |
| -scope | exam instrument |
| -sepsis | putrefaction |
| -stasis | maintenance |
| -stomy | creation opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tropic | related to growth |
| -uria | condition of the urine |
| -vert | turn |