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Med term 1
Common suffixes
Term | Definition |
---|---|
-Algia | Pain |
-Cele | Protrusion |
-Cyte | Cell |
-dynia | Pain |
-ectasis | Dilation |
-gen | That which produces |
-genic | Producing |
-ia | State; condition |
-iasis | Abnormal condition |
-ism | State of |
-itis | Inflammation |
-logist | One who studies |
-ology | The study of |
-lytic | Destruction |
-malacia | Abnormal softening |
-megaly | Enlarged |
-oma | Tumor |
-opsy | View of |
-osis | Abnormal condition |
-pathy | Disease |
-plasm | Formation |
-plegia | Paralysis |
-Ptosis | Drooping |
-rrhage | Excessive |
-rrhagia | Abnormal flow condition |
-rrhea | Discharge |
-rrhexis | Rupture |
-sclerosis | Hardening |
-stenosis | Narrowing |
-therapy | Treatment |
-trophy | Development |