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MedTermChap 2
Suffixes!
Suffixes | Meaning |
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-algia | Pain |
-asthenia | Weakness |
-cele | Hernia, Protrusion |
-dynia | Pain |
-ectasis | Dilated |
-edema | Swelling |
-emesis | Vomitting |
-emia | Condition of the blood |
-itis | Inflammation |
-lith | Stone |
-lysis | Destruction |
-lytic | Destruction |
-malacia | Abnormal softening |
-megaly | Enlargement, large |
-oma | Tumor,mass |
-pathy | Disease |
-penia | Too few |
-phobia | Fear |
-plegia | Paralysis |
-ptosis | Drooping |
-rrhage | Bursting forth |
-rrhea | Discharge, flow |
-rrhexis | Rupture |
-sclerosis | Hardened condition |
-spasm | Involuntary muscle contraction |
-stasis | Stopping |
-stenosis | Narrowing |
-uria | Condition of the urine |
-clasia | Surgical breaking |
-desis | Surgical fixation |
-ectomy | Surgical removal of |
-ostomy | Surgically create an opening |
-otomy | Cutting into, incision |
-pexy | Surgical fixation |
-plasty | Surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | Suture |
-tripsy | Crushing |