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med term suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -chezia | feces |
| -cele | hernia, herniation |
| -ia, -iasis | condition |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | swallowing, to swallow |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -oma | tumor |
| -penia | decreased number |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -(r)rhage, -(r)rhagia | bursting forth of blood |
| -(r)rhea | flow, discharge |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stenosis | narrowing, tightening |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, excision |
| -(o)stomy | create a new opening |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -scope | instrument of viewing |
| -scopy | process of viewing |
| -somnia | sleep |
| -stasis | control, stop |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -thorax | chest, pleural cavity |
| -tocia | labor, birth |
| -tresia | opening |
| -trophy | growth, development |
| -tropin | nourish, develop, stimulate |
| -version | to turn |
| -algia | pain |
| -cytosis | condition of cells |
| -dynia | pain |
| -emesis | vomit |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis, -lytic | breakdown, destruction |
| -malacia | softening |
| -(r)raphy | suture |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -(o)tomy | incision into |
| -ectasia, ectasis | stretching, dilation |
| -disis | binding together |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptysis | spitting up |
| -spasm | contraction, twitching |
| -(r)rhexis | rupture |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| -pathy | disease |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| -phoria | feeling, mental state |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -phonia | voice, sound |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -(o)logy | study of |
| -(o)logist | specialist |
| -oid | like, resembling |
| -ic, -iac | pertaining to |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -gram | record, picture |
| -globin, -globulin | protein |
| -gen, -genesis, -genic | producing, forming |
| -cyte | cell |
| -crit | to separate |
| -crine | to excrete |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary | pertaining to |
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