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common suffixes
medical terminology
Term | Definition |
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-blast, -blasto, -blastic | bud; germ |
-cyte, -cytic | cell |
-ectasis | expansion; dilation |
-emia | blood condition |
-ites, -itis | inflammation |
-lysis, -lytic | break down; destruction; dissolving |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition; usually abnormal |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | deficiency; lack of |
-phagia, -phagy | eating; swallowing |
-phasia | speech |
-plasia, -plastic | growth |
-plegia | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |
-poiesis | production |
-ptosis | falling; drooping |
-rrhage, -rrhagic | bleeding |
-rrhea | flow or discharge |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-stasis | level; unchanging |
-trophy | growth |
-uria | in the urine |