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Suffixes
Common Medical Suffixes
Term | Definition |
---|---|
-algia | Pain |
-cele | Hernia, Protrusion |
-cise | Cut |
-cyte | Cell |
-dynia | Pain |
-ectomy | Surgical Removal |
-genesis | Produces, Generates |
-genic | Producing |
-gram | To Record, Instrument for Recording |
-graph | State, Condition |
-ia | ... |
-ism | State of |
-itis | Inflammation |
-logist | One Who Studies |
-logy | Study of |
-lysis | Destruction |
-megaly | Enlargement, Large |
-meter | Process of Measuring |
-ology | Study of |
-oma | Tumor, Mass |
-osis | Abnormal Condition |
-ostomy | Surgically Create an Opening |
-pathy | Disease |
-penia | Lack of, Deficiency |
-plasia | Development Growth |
-plasty | Surgical Repair |
-rrhage | Excess, Abnormal Flow |
-rrhea | Discharge, Flow |
-sclerosis | Hardening |
-scopy | Process of Viewing or Examining |
-stenosis | Narrowing |
-therapy | Treatment |
-thermy | Heat |
-trophy | Development, Nourishment |