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Medical Suffixes
Anatomy & Physiology Suffixes for RCCC BIO lab 168
Question | Answer |
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-al, -ac | pertaining to |
-aps, -apt | fit, fasten |
-blast | bud or germ |
-clast | break; destroy |
-crine | release; secrete |
-ectomy | a cutting out |
-emia | refers to a blood condition |
-flux | flow |
-gen | an agent that initiates |
-genesis | creation; production |
-gram | something written |
-graphy | to write; draw |
-hydrate | containing water |
-ia, -sia, -osis | condition; process |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-ic, -ac, -al | pertaining to |
-in | signifies a PROTEIN |
-ism | signifies condition of |
-lemma | rind; peel |
-lysis | breaking down |
-malacia | softening |
-mania | compulsion |
-megaly | enlargement |
-metric, -metry | measurement; length |
-oid | like; in the shape of |
-oma | tumor |
-opia | vision; vision condition |
-oscopy | viewing |
-ostomy | formation of an opening |
-otomy | cut |
-penia | lack |
-plasia | growth; formation |
-plasm | form; shape |
-plasty | shape; make |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breath; breathing |
-(r)rhage | excessive discharge |
-(r)rhaphy | sew; suture |
-tension, -tensin | pressure |
-tonic | pressure; tension |
-tomy | to cut |
-tripsy | crushing |
-ule | small; little |
-uria | refers to urine condition |
-(r)rhea | flow |
-phobic | fearing |
-philic | loving |
-ose | signifies a CARBOHYDRATE |
-lunar | moon; moonlike |
-logy | study of |
-lith | stone; rock |
-lepsy | seizure |
-itis | signifies inflammation of |
-emesis | vomiting |
-cide | to kill |
-centesis | a piercing |
-ase | signifies an ENZYME |
-arche | beginning; origin |
-algia | pain |
-some | body |