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Chapter 1
Suffixes of symptoms diseases and conditions
Term | Definition | Example |
---|---|---|
-algia | Pain | Myalgia |
-dynia | Pain | Gastrodynia |
-cele | Hernia | Hydrocele |
-emia | Blood condition | Lukemia |
-iasis | Presence of | Lithiasis |
-itis | Inflammation | Arthritis |
-lysis | Loosen, break down | Hemolysis |
-malacia | Abnormal softening | Osteomalacia |
-megaly | Enlargement | Hepatomegaly |
-oid | Resembling | Keloid |
-oma | Tumor | Melanoma |
-osis | Condition | Thrombosis |
-pathy | Diseases | Myopathy |
-penia | Deficiency | Leukopenia |
-ptosis | Drooling | Nephroptosis |
-rrhage | Excessive flow | Hemorrhage |
-rrhagia | Excessive flow | Menorrhagia |
-rreha | Flow | Diarrhea |
-rrhexis | Rupture | Metrorrhexis |
-spasm | Involuntary contraction | Myospasm |