Medical Terms Suffix Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
-algia | Pain |
-apheresis | Removal |
-ar, -ary | Pertaining to |
-ase | Enzyme |
-blast | Immature |
-capnia | Carbon dioxide |
-centesis | Surgical puncture with needle to aspirate fluid |
-chalasis | Relaxation |
-continence | To stop |
-cusis | Hearing |
-cyesis | Pregnancy |
-cytosis | Condition of cells |
-des is | Surgical fixation |
-drome | Run, running |
-ectasis | Stretching or expansion |
-ectomy | Surgical removal or excision |
-emia | A blood condition |
-flux | Flow |
-gen | Producing |
-genesis | Production |
-globin | Protein |
-globulin | Protein |
-gram | Picture or finished record |
-graph | Instrument used to record |
-graphy | Process of recording |
-iasis | Abnormal condition |
-ician | One who |
-ism | State of or condition |
-itis | Inflammation |
-lithiasis | Calculus or stone |
-lysis | Loosening, separating |
-lytic | Destruction or breakdown |
-malacia | Softening |
-megaly | Enlargement |
-metrist | Specialist in the measurement of |
-metry | Process of measuring |
-ology | Study of |
-om a | Tumor or mass |
-apia | Vision {condition) |
-opsy | View of, viewing |
-a ptosis | Sagging |
-orrhaphy | Surgical fixation m suturing |
-orrhea | Flow, excessive discharge |
-ory | Pertaining to |
-oscopy | Visual examination of internal cavity using a scope |
-ostomy | Creation of an artificial opening |
-otomy | Process of cutting into |
-oxia | Oxygen |
-para | To bear, live birth |
-paresis | Slight paralysis |
-pathy | Disease |
-pepsia | Digestion |
-pexy | Surgical fixation |
-phagia | Eating or swallowing |
-phonia | Sound |
-phoresis | Carrying/transmission |
-plasty | Surgical repair or reconstruction |
-plegia | Paralysis |
-pnea | Breathing |
-poiesis | Formation |
-prandial | Meal |
-ptosis | Drooping, sagging, prolapse |
-rrhagia | Burst forth, excessive flow |
-rrhaphy | Suture repair |
-rrhea | Discharge or flow |
-salpinx | Fallopian tube |
-schisis | Cleft or splitting |
-scope | Instrument used to visually examine |
-scopy | Visual examination |
-stasis | Stop or control |
-stenosis | Narrowing or constricting |
-thenia | Lack of strength |
-thorax | Chest |
-tocia | Labor |
-tresia | Opening |
-tripsy | Surgical crushing |
-tropia | To turn |
-uria | Urination, urine |
-us | Condition |
-ac, -ic, -al, -ous, -tic | Related to or pertaining to |
-algi a, -dynia | Pain, discomfort |
-ate, -ize | Subject to, use |
-cele | Protrusion (hernia) |
-centesis | Surgical puncture to withdraw or aspirate fluid |
-cle, -cule, -ule, -ulus | Small |
-cyte | Cell |
-desis | Surgical fusion or binding |
-dynia | Pain |
-ectomy | Cutting out, surgical removal |
-emesis | Vomit |
-emia | Pertaining to blood, a blood condition |
-ent, -er, -ist | Person, agent |
-esis, -ia, -iasis,_-ity, -osis, -sis, -tion, -y | State of or condition of |
-form, -oid | Looking like, resembling, or shaped like |
-genesis | A beginning process, origin of |
-genic | Produced by |
-gram | A written record |
-graph | Instrument used to record |
-graphy | Process of recording |
-ism | Condition or theory |
-lysis | Destruction, breakdown, or separation |
-malacia | Softening |
-megaly | Enlargement |
-meter | Instrument used to measure |
-metry | Process of measuring |
-ologist | One who studies, a specialist |
-ology | Study of, process of study |
-opsy | To view |
-otomy | Process of incision or cutting into |
-ostomy, -stomy | Artificial surgical opening |
-penia | Lack of or deficiency |
-pexy, -pexis | Surgical fixation |
-phagia, -phagy | Eating |
-phobia | Morbid fear of or intolerance |
-plasia | Formation, development |
-plasty | Surgical reconstruction, or shaping of |
-plegia | Paralysis |
-pnea | Breathing |
-poiesis | Production or manufacture of |
-ptosis | Downward displacement, or drooping |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | Excessive flow or discharge |
-rrhaphy | Suturing in place, fixation |
-rrhea | Flow or discharge |
-rrhexis | Rupture or breaking away |
-sclerosis | Hardening |
-scope | Instrument used to visually examine |
-scopy | Process of visual examination |
-spasm | Sudden or involuntary |
-tome | Instrument |
-tripsy | Crushing |
-trophic, -trophy | Growth or development |
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