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MOA-6-Chapter 2
MOA-Selected Suffixes That Pertain to Pathological Conditions
Term | Definition |
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-algia | pain, ache |
-asthenia | weakness |
-betes | to go |
-cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
-cusis | hearing |
-derma | skin |
-dynia | pain, ache |
-ectasis | dilation, distention |
-edema | swelling |
-emesis | vomitting |
-ion | process |
-itis | inflammation |
-kinesis | motion |
-lepsy | seizure |
-lexia | diction, word, phrase |
-malacia | softening |
-mania | madness |
-megaly | enlargement, large |
-mnesia | memory |
-noia | mind |
-oid | resemble |
-oma | tumor |
-opia | sight, vision |
-oxia | Oxygen |
-pathy | disease, emotion |
-penia | deficiency |
-pepsia | to digest |
-phagia | to eat, to swallow |
-phasia | to speak, speech |
-phobia | fear |
-plasia | formation, produce |
-plasm | a thing formed, plasma |
-plegia | paralysis, stroke |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptosis | dropping, prolapse, sagging |
-ptysis | spitting |
-rrhage | bursting forth |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-spasm | tension, spasm, contraction |
-trophy | nourishment, development |