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Chabner, Language of Medicine 11th edition-Chapter 06 Suffixes
Suffixes | Meaning |
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-ase | enzyme |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-chezia | defecation; elimination of wastes |
-ectasia, -ectasis | stretching; dilation; expansion |
-ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | blood condition |
-genesis | producing; forming |
-graphy | process of recording |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-lysis | breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-orexia | appetite |
-pathy | disease; emotion |
-pepsia | digestion |
-phagia | eating, swallowing |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-prandial | meal |
-ptosis | droop; sag; prolapse; fall |
-ptysis | spitting |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-scopy | visual examination |
-spasm | sudden involuntary contraction of muscles |
-stasis | stop; control; place |
-stenosis | narrowing; tightening; stricture |
-stomy | new opening (to form a mouth) |
-tomy | process of cutting |
-tresia | opening |