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Anatomy Session 1
Common Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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algia, dynia | Pain |
al, ar, ary,ous | Pertaining to |
ase | Enzyme |
blast | Embryonic cell |
cele | Hernia, Swelling |
centesis | Puncture |
cephal | Pertaining to the head |
chezia | Defecation |
clasis | Break, Fracture, re-fracture |
cyte | Pertaining to cells |
desis | Binding or fusion |
ectasia,ectasis | Dilation, expansion |
ectomy | Excision, removal |
emesis | Vomiting |
emia | Blood condition |
genic, gen, genesis | Forming, producing, origin |
gram | A record of data |
graph | Instrument for recording data |
graphy | Act of recording data |
ia, ism, y | Condition |
itis | Inflammation |
lith | Stone, calculus |
logy | Study of |
lysis | Destruction, separation |
malacia | Softening |
megaly | Enlargement |
metry | Act of measuring |
oid | Resembling |
oma | Tumor |
osis, iasis, | Abnormal condition |
pathy | Disease |
penia | Deficiency |
pepsia | Digestion |
pexy | Fixation (of an organ) |
phagia | Eating, Swallowing |
phasia | Speech |
plasty | Surgical Repair |
plegia | Paralysis |
poiesis | Formation, production |
rrhaphy | Suture |
rrhage, rrhagia | Bursting Forth |
rrhea | Flowing |
rrhexis | Rupture |
scope | Instrument to view or examine |
scopy | Visual Examination |
somnia | Sleep |
spasm | Involuntary Contraction, twitching |
stasis | Standing Still |
stenosis | Narrowing, stricture |
stomy | Surgical creation of an opening |
tomy | Incision, cutting |
tripsy | Crushing |
trophy | Development, nourishment |