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Suffix Terms POHS
medical suffix terms
Term | Definition |
---|---|
-Al | Pertaining To |
-Ase | Enzyme |
-Blast | Budding |
-Centesis | Surgical Puncture |
-Cidal | Causing Death |
-Clast | Broken |
-Crit | To separate |
-Cyte | Cell |
-Ectomy | 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 | Dis-solvable |
-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 or Swelling |
-Opia | Vision |
-Opsy | To View |
-Orrhea | Flow, Excessive Discharge |
-Orrhexis | Rupture |
-Osis | Abnormal Increase in Production |
-Ostomy | Creation of an Artificial Opening |
-Otomy | Cut Into or Incision |
-Oxia | Oxygen |
-Pathy | Disease |
-Sclerosis | Hardening |
-Scope | Instrument used for Visual Examination |
-Scopy | Visual Examination |
-Sepsis | Infection |
-Spasm | Sudden Involuntary Muscle Contraction |
-Stasis | Control or Stop |
-Tomy | Cutting |
-Tropic | Influencing |