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Med Terms Suffix
Medical Terminology UAB SON (Suffix)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -agra | excessive pain |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | painful condition, pain |
| apheresis | removal |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -bitwo | double |
| -blast | developing cell |
| -cele | hernia, swelling, sac |
| -centesis | puncture of a cavity |
| -clasis | break, fracture |
| -clysis | irrigation, washing |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | fusion, binding, fixation |
| -drome | to run |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | expansion, dilation |
| -ectomy | excision, removal of a body part |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood |
| -er | one who |
| -gen | forming, producing, origin |
| -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -genie | origin, formation |
| -grade | to go |
| -gram | the record made, mark |
| -graph | instrument for recording, machine |
| -graphy | the process, process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | morbid condition |
| -iatry | treatment, medicine |
| -ic/-ical | pertaining to |
| -ide | small, minute |
| -ism | condition |
| -ist | one who specializes in, specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | process of study |
| -lysis | dissolution, setting free |
| -malacia | softening, soft |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -odynia | pain |
| -oid | form, shape |
| -ole | small, minute |
| -ology | study or science of |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opsy | to view |
| -or | one who |
| orrhea | flow, discharge |
| -osis | condition or state |
| -ous | partaining to |
| -para | to bear offspring |
| -paresis | partial paralysis |
| -pathy | disease, suffering |
| -penia | deficiency, lack of, decrease |
| -pexy | fixation |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -philia | attraction for |
| -phobia | fear |
| -physis | to grow |
| -plasia | formation, growth |
| -plasm | growth, formation |
| -plasty | mold, shape, repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -ptosis | downward displacement, falling |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage | bursting forth, rupture |
| -rrhaphy | suturing in place |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument to visually examin |
| -scopy | process of examining, visual examination |
| -sepsis | infection |
| -sis | state of, condition |
| -spasm | involuntary spasm |
| -stalsis | constriction |
| -stasis | control, constant level, stop |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tome | instrument for cutting |
| -tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| -toxic | poison |
| -tresia | opening |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment |
| -ula | small, minute |
| -ule | small, minute |
| -y | process |
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