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medical suffix
medical suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-sis | state of |
-centesis | surgical procedure to remove fluid |
-opsy | to view |
-pathy | disease condition |
-eal | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-megaly | enlargement |
-itis | inflammation |
-therapy | treatment |
-ation | process, condition |
-dipsia | thirst |
-gen | to produce |
-ine | pertaining to |
-lapse | to fall, slide |
-meter | to measure |
-mission | to send |
-mortem | death |
-ous | pertaining to |
-partum | birth |
-phagia | to eat, swallow |
-phasia | to speak |
-plasm | formation |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |
-stasis | to stand, place, stop, control |
-tension | pressure |
-thesis | to put, place (state of putting or placing) |
-tic | pertaining to |
-trophy | nourishment, development |
-um | structure |
-y | process, condition |
-ism | condition or process |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-algia | pain |
-al | pertaining to |
-gram | record |
-graphy | process of recording |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scopy | process of viual examination |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-ior | pertaining to |
-ia | condition |
-section | process of cutting into |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-globin | protein |
-stomy | opening |
-emia | blood condition |
-uria | condition of urine |
-oma | tumor, mass |
-ectomy | cutting out, removal, excision |
-plasty | surgical repair or connection |
-ary | pertaining to |
-crine | secretion |
-cyte | cell |
-ic | pertaining to |
-logy | study of |
-scope | instrument to visually exam |
-tomy | process of cutting into, incision |
-rrhage | excessive discharge of blood |
-lysis | separation, breakdown |
-rrhagia | excessive discharge of blood |