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Medical Term Suffix
Medical Term Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-Algia | Pain |
-Cele | Hernia |
-Dynia | Pain |
-Emesis | Vomiting |
-Emia | Blood |
-ia | State Of;Condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-lysis | destruction;separation;breakdown |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | abnormal;enlargement |
-oma | benign tumor;mass |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease process |
-penia | decrease;deficiency |
-phobia | irrational fear |
-ptosis | downward displacement;drooping;prolapse;sagging |
-ptysis | spitting |
-rrhage;-rrhagia | bursting forth |
-rrhea | flow;discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-spasm | sudden;involuntary contraction |
-stenosis | abnormal narrowing;stricture |
-y | process |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid;aspiration |
-desis | surgical fusion; surgical binding |
-ectomy | excision;surgical removal |
-graphy | process of recording; producing images |
-gram | record;writing |
-graph | instrument used to record |
-merty | to measure;measurement |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-opsy | to view |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | surgical reconstruction;surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suturing |
-scope | instrument used to visually examine ( a cavity or organ) |
-scopy | process of visually examining (a body cavity or organ) |
-stasis | stoppage;stopping;controlling |
-stomy | new opening |
-tome | instrument used to cut |
-tomy | incision;process of cutting |
-cyte | cell |
-er;-or;-ician;-logist;-ist | specialist;one who specializes;specialist in the study of |
-ion | process |
-logy | study of;process of study |
-plasia | development;formation |
-poiesis | production;manufactures;formation |
-trophic;-trophy | development;growth;nutrition |
-genic | produced by;producing |
-oid | resembling |
-ole;-ule | small |
-ac;-al;-ary;-eal;-ic;-ous | pertaining to |
-asise | ease |
-ar | pertaining to |
-cuspid | projection;cusps |
-drome | to run |
-form | shape;form |
-genous | produced by |
-gnosis | knowledge |
-mortem | death |
-plasm | development;formation |
-tropia | turning |
-version | turning;tilting |
-al;-ic;-ior | pertaining to |
-ism | process |
-ium;-um | structure |
-sis | State of ; condition |
-dermis | skin |
-derma | skin |
-therapy | treatment |
-porosis | porous |
-blast | immature |
-clasis | surgical fractureor refracture |
-clast | breakdown |
-genesis | formation |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor of the connective tissue |
-rrhexis | rupure |
-asthenia | no strength |
-clonus | turmoil |
-kinesia | movement;motion |
-thermy | heat |
-schisis | cleft;splitting |
-us | condition;thing |
-tic | pertaining to |
-esthesia | sensation |
-phasia | speech |
-plegia | paralysis(loss or impairment of motor function) |
-taxia | order |
rrhaphy | to suture |
ad | toward,near to |
ab | away from |
dys | difficult,bad |
graphy | recording |
graph | to write,record |
gram | weight |
opsy | to view |
pexy | surgical fixation |
plasty | surgical repair |
ate | action,use |
blast | immature cell,germ cell |
ectasis | dilatation,distention |
gen,genesis,genic | produce,formation |
gram | weight |
ic | pertaining to, chemical |
ive | nauture of , quality of |
lymph | clear fluid,serum |
lysis | distruction,to separate |
megaly | enlargment,large |
-fusion | to pour |
clasts | remove break down |
blasts | germ |
osteo | bone |
diaphysis | shaft |
epiphysis | growth area near the end of a bone |
erythro | red |
poiesis | formation |
periosteum | tough membrane covering the bone |
red bone marrow | located in spongy bone |
yellow bone marrow | in meduallrt cavity |
hemato | blood |
compact bone | hard dense strong bone |
spongy bone | lighter found at the ends of long bones |
ilium | hip bone |
ischium | Bone making up the lower down back part of the pelvis. |
acetabulum | cup-shaped socket of the hip joint |
patella | kneecap |
femur | the bone in the leg that extends from the hip to the knee |
tibia | bone in the leg ...shinbone |
fibula | outside) and smaller of the two long bones in the lower leg between the knee and ankle |
phalanges | one of the bones in the fingers or toes |
meta | beyond |
carpals | One of the wrist bones |
kinesi | assoc tih curved spine |
ankly | assoc tih curved spine |
kypho | -assoc tih curved spine |
lordo | (blank) |
pubis | anterior portion |
symphysis pubis | holds bones togethr |
sacrololiac | articlutaion btn the scarum and ilium |
ilium | upper, blade shape bone |
bursa/o | fibrous sac that lines |
ligament | band of connective tissue that connects bones |
tendon | firbrous connective tissue that attches muscle to bone |
synovia | moveable |
chondro | cartilage |
myo/ myos | muscle |
arthro | joints |
flexion | limb is bent |
extension | straight |
inversion | turning inward |
eversion | turning outward |
abduction | away from middle |
adduction | movement towards middle |
pronation | palm down |
supination | palm up |
rotation | turning on its axis |
clavicle | collar bone |
blasts | growth |
hnp | herniated nucleus pulposus |
sub | under |
mandibular | jaw |
kinesi | movemeny |
brady | slowed |
costal | rib |
clasis | breaking |
otomy | surgical opening |
hyper | excessive |
trophy | development nurishment |
humero | elbow |
ulnar | elbow |
how many cervical vertebrae | 7 |
how many thoracic vertebrae | 12 |
axis | c2 |
myelo | spinal cord or bone marrow |
tmj | temporal mandibular joint |
centesis | aspiration of fluid |
necro | death |
cephlodynia | headache |
-pathy | disease |
pedia | child |
pedo | foot |
pelv/o | pelvis |
-penia | decrease |
-pepsia | digestion |
peri- | around |
-phagia | swallow, eat |
phalang/o | phalanges (finger and toe) |
pharyng/o | pharynx/ (throat) |
-phasia | speech |
phleb/o | vein |
-phobia | fear |
-plasia | formation,growth |
-plasm | formation,growth |
plasty | surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
pleur/o | pleura |
-pnea | brathing |
pneum/o | lung air |
poly- | many, much |
post- | after, behind |
poster/o | back (of body) behind, posterior |
pre- | before |
proct/o | anus, rectum |
-ptosis | prolapse, falling. dropping |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
py/o | pus |
quadri- | four |
radi/o | x-rays, radiation |
rect/o | rectum |
ren/o | kidney |
retin/o | retina |
rhin/o | nose |
roentgen/o | x-rays |
-rrhage | bursting fort (of) |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
sacr/o | sacrum |
sclera/o | hardening, sclera (white of the eye) |