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FCC suffixes
Term | Definition |
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-ac, -al, -ary, -ic, | pertaining to |
-algia | pain, suffering, painful condition |
-dynia | pain |
-cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | to bind, tie together |
-ectasis | stretching, dilation, enlargement |
-ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out |
-emia | blood, blood condition |
-esthesia | sensation, feeling |
-gram, -graph | a picture, or record |
-graphy | a process producing a picture or record |
-gravida | pregnancy |
-ia, -osis | abnormal condition, disease |
po | by mouth |
-itis | inflammation |
-lysis | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction loosening |
-kinesis | motion |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-necrosis | tissue death |
-ologist | specialist |
-ology | study of |
-oma | tumor, neoplasm |
-ostomy | surgical creation of an opening to the body |
-otomy | cutting, surgical incision |
-pathy, path/o | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
-pause | stopping |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-phasia | speech |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptosis | prolapse, drooping forward |
-rrhagia, -rrhage | bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid, discharge |
-rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
-rrhea | flow or discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
-scope | an instrument used for visual examination |
-stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
-tripsy | to crush |
-therapy | treatment |
-uria | urination, urine |
-opsy | view of |
Sig | label instructions |
mg | Milligram |