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Suffixes
medix terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -al | p2 |
| -algia | pain |
| -ation | process of |
| -blast | embryonic cell, immature |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -graft | transplantation |
| -gram | x-ray, writing, record |
| -ic | p2 |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separation, destruction, lossening |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition of |
| -ous | p2 |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -phil | attraction for |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phoresis | transmission, carrying |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth, hemorrhage |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| -scope | instrument to examine |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stasis | stopping, standing still |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tic | p2 |
| -tomy | incision to cut |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -crasia | mixture |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -fusion | pouring |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition of |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| -osmia | sense of smell |
| -ostomy | forming a new opening |
| -pexy | fixation, suspension |
| -phage | eating, swallowing, digestion |
| -phonia | sound, voice |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse, downward displacement |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -spasm | twitching, involuntary contraction |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -thorax | chest, thorax |
| -algesia | pain |
| -ary | p2 |
| -asthenia | weakness, loss of strength |
| -esthesia | feeling, sensation |
| -ism | condition of |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -phasia | speech |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -tropia | turning |
| -crine | secrete |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -physis | growth, formation |
| -toxic | poison |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -tropic | stimulating, influency |
| -tropin | stimulate |
| -uria | urine, urination |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -iasis | condition of |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -porosis | porous |
| -prandial | meal |
| -schisis | splitting, cleft, fissure |
| -stomy | forming an opening |
| -pause | Cessation |
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