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med term suffixes
Term | Definition |
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algia | pain |
cyte | cell |
dynia | pain |
ectomy | surgical removal |
emesis | vomiting |
genic | producing; produced by |
gnosis | knowledge |
gram | record |
graph | instrument used to record |
graphy | process of recording |
itis | inflammation |
logy | study of |
logist | specialist |
malacia | softening |
oma | tumor or mass |
osis | abnormal condition |
plasia | speech |
pathy | disease |
phobia | fear |
plasty | surgical reconstruction |
ptosis | drooping |
ptysis | spitting |
rrhage;rrhagia | bursting forth always talking about blood |
rrhaphy | to suture |
rrhea | flow or discharge note only connected to blood if meno is attached |
rrhexis | rupture |
sclerosis | condition of hardening |
scope | instrument used to see inside the body cavity or organ |
spasm | sudden involuntary movement |
statis | stable; stopping controlling |
stenosis | narrowing |
stomy | surgical creation of an opening |
tomy | to cut |
otomy | to cut into |
trophy | growth |
-AC,-AL,-AR,-IC,-OUS,-ARY,-EAL | pertaining to |
megaly | enlargement |
sclera | hardening |
scopy | the process of viewing inside a body cavity or organ |