Medical Terms Suffix Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
-algia | pertaining to pain |
-asthen(o) | weakness |
-blast | immature cell |
-cele | pertaining to a tumor or swelling |
-centesis | pertaining to a procedure in which an organ or body cavity is punctured, often to drain excess fluid or obtain a sample for analysis |
-cyte | cell |
-ectomy | surgical removal of |
-emia | pertaining to the presence of a substance in the blood |
-esthesi(o) | pertaining to sensation or perception |
-genic | causing |
-gram | record |
-graph | a record or the to create the recordinstrument used |
-itis | inflammation |
-lysis | decline, disintegration, destruction or |
-megaly | enlargement of |
-ology | science of |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | pertaining to a disease (see also -sis)process |
-ostomy | surgical creation of an opening |
-pathy | disease or a system for treating disease |
-phagia | pertaining to eating or swallowing |
-phasia | pertaining to speech |
-phobia | pertaining to an irrational fear |
-plasty | plastic surgery |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | pertaining to breathing |
-ptosis | drooping |
-rrhage | abnormal or excessive flow or discharge |
-rrhagia | abnormal or excessive flow or discharge |
-rrhaphy | suture of; repair of |
-rrhea | flow or discharge |
-scope | instrument for examination |
-scopy | examination with an instrument |
-sis | a process, action, or condition |
-taxis | order, arrangement of |
-trophic | pertaining to nutrition |
-uria | pertaining to a substance in the urine or the condition so indicated |
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