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MH SUFFIXES
COMMON MEDICAL SUFFIXES
Question | Answer | Example |
---|---|---|
AC, AL | PERTAINING TO | CARDIAC, NEURAL |
ALGIA | PAIN | NEURALGIA |
AR, ARY | PERTAINING TO | MUSCULAR, URINARY |
ASE | ENZYME | LIPASE |
CENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE A FLUID | THORACENTESIS |
CYTE | CELL | ERYTHROCYTE |
ECTOMY | EXCISION, REMOVAL | APPENDECTOMY |
EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION | ANEMIA |
GRAM | RECORDING, WRITING | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM |
IA | STATE or CONDITION | HEMOPHILIA |
IATR | TREATMENT | PEDIATRIC |
IC, TIC | PERTAINING TO | THORACIC |
ISM | CONDITION or STATE OF | HYPOTHYROIDISM |
IST | ONE WHO SPECIALIZES IN | PHARMACIST |
ITIS | INFLAMMATION | TONSILLITIS |
IUM | STRUCTURE, TISSUE | PERICARDIUM |
LOGIST | SPECIALIST IN THE STUDY OF | CARDIOLOGIST |
LOGY | STUDY OF | HISTOLOGY |
LYSIS | BREAKDOWN, DESTRUCTION | HEMOLYSIS |
METER | INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES OR COUNTS | THERMOMETER |
OLE | SMALL | ARTERIOLE |
OMA | TUMOR | HEPATOMA |
OSE | PERTAINING TO | ADIPOSE |
OSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION | NECROSIS |
OUS | PERTAINING TO | CUTANEOUS |
OXIA | OXYGEN LEVEL | HYPOXIA |
PATHY | DISEASE | CARDIOMYOPATHY |
PENIA | DEFICIENCY | LEUKOPENIA |
PNEA | BREATHING | DYSPNEA |
POIESIS | FORMATION | HEMOPOIESIS |
RRHAGE | BURST FORTH, EXCESSIVE FLOW | HEMORRHAGE |
SPASM | TWITCH, INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE MOVEMENT | ARTERIOSPASM |
STASIS | STOPPING, CONTROLLING, STANDING | HEMOSTASIS |
TOMY | CUTTING, INCISION | PHLEBOTOMY |
ULE | SMALL | VENULE |