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FCC suffixes
Med term
Term | Definition |
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-ac, -al, -ary, -ic, | pertaining to |
-aligia | 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 | inflamation |
-lysis | breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction loosening |
-kinesis | motion |
-malacia | abnormal softnening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-necrosis | tissue death |
-ologist | specialist |
-ology | study of |
-oma | tumor, neoplasm |
-ostamy | surgical creation of an opening to the body |
-otomy | cutting, surgical incision |
-pathy, path/o | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
-pause | stopping |
-pexy | surgical fixiation |
-phasia | speech |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptosis | prolapse, drooping foward |
-rrahagia, -rrhage | bleeding, abnormal ecxess 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 |