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Med Term: Suffixes
Medical Terminology: Suffixes
Term | Definition |
---|---|
-al | Pertaining to |
-ase | Enzyme |
-blast | Budding |
-centesis | Surgical punture |
-cidal | Causing death |
-clast | Broken |
-crit | To separate |
-cyte | Cell |
-ectomy | Excision or surgical removal |
-emia | Blood condition |
-emesis | Vomiting |
-gen, -genesis, -genic | Producing |
-glia | Glue |
-gram | Something written |
-ia | Condition of, diseased or abnormal state |
-iac, -ic, -ior | Pertaining to |
-ism | State of |
-itia, -itis | Inflammation |
-logy | Study of |
-lyte | Dissolvable |
-lytic | Destroy, reduce |
-mania | Madness or insane desire |
-megaly | Enlargement |
-meter | Instrument used to measure |
-odia | Smell |
-ologist | One who studies and practices |
-oma | Tumor and swelling |
-opia | Vision |
-opsy | To view |
-orrhea | Flow, excessive discharge |
-orrhexis | Rupture |
-osis | Abnormal increase in production |
-ostomy | Creation of an artificial opening |
-otomy | Cutting |
-oxia | Oxygen |
-pathy | Disease |
-slerosis | Hardening |
-scope | Instrument used for visual examination |
-scopy | Visual examination |
-sepsis | Infection |
-spasm | Sudden involuntary muscle contraction |
-stasis | Control or stop |
-tomy | Cut into or incision |
-tropic | Influencing |