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Medical Terminology
Suffix - Unit 1- Table 6
Question | Answer |
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ac, al, ar, ary, eal, ial, ic, ous | pertain to |
algia | pain |
apheresis | removal |
ase | enzyme |
asthenia | weakness |
atresia | absence of a normal body opening; occlusion; closure |
capina | carbon dioxide |
cele | hernia; protrusion |
centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
cidal | killing |
clasia | break |
clasis | break |
clast | break |
clysis | irrigation; washing |
coccus ( pl. cocci) | berry shaped ( a form of bacterium) |
crine | seperate; secrete |
crit | to seperate |
cyte | cell |
desis | surgical fixation; fusion |
drome | run; running |
ectasis | stretching out; dilatation, expansion |
ectomey | excision or surgical removal |
ectopia | displacement |
emesis | vomiting |
emia | blood condition |
er | one who |
esis, iasis | condition |
gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
geneisis | origin; cause |
genic | producing; originating; causing |
gram | record; x-ray film |
graph | instrument used to record |
graphy | process of recording; x-ray filming |
ia | condition of diseased or abnormal state |
iatry | physician; treatment |
ician | one who |
ictal | seizure; attack |
ism | state of |
itis | inflammation |
lepsy | siezure |
lysis | loosening; dissolution; separating |
lytic | destroy; reduce |
malacia | softening |
mania | madness; insane desire |
megaly | enlargement |
meter | instrument used to measure |
metry | measurement |
morph | form; shape |
odia | smell |
odynia | pain |
oid | resembling |
ologist | one who studies and practices (specialist) |
ology | study of |
oma | tumor; swelling |
opia | vision (condition) |
opsy | view |
oohagia | rapid flow of blood |
orrhaphy | suturing; repairing |
orrhea | flow; excessive discharge |
orrhexis | rupture |
osis | abnormal condition ( means increased when used with blood cell word roots) |
ostomy | creation of an artificial opening |
otomy | cut into or incision |
oxia | oxygen |
paresis | slight paralysis |
pathy | disease |
penia | abnormal reduction in number |
pepsia | eating; swallowing |
philia | love |
phily | love |
phobia | abnormal fear of aversion to specific object or things |
phonia | sound or voice |
phoria | feeling |
physis | growth |
plasia | formation; development; a growth |
plasm | growth; substance;; formation |
plasty | plastic or surgical repair |
plegia | paralysis |
pnea | breathing |
poiesis | formation |
porosis | passage |
prandial | meal |
praxia | in front of; before |
ptosis | dropping; sagging; prolapse |
salpinx | fallopian tube |
sarcoma | malignant tumor |
schisis | split; fissure |
sclerosis | hardening |
scope | instrument used for visual examination |
scopy; scopic | visual examination |
sepsis | infection |
sis | state of |
spasm | sudden involuntary muscle contraction |
stasis | control; stop |
stalsis | contraction |
stenosis | constriction; narrowing |
throax | chest |
tome | instrument used to cut |
tripsy | surgical crushing |
uria | urine; urination |