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Medical Terminology
Suffixes (Complex, Test, Treatment), Word Parts
Term | Definition |
---|---|
-icle | Small |
-ole | Small |
-ule | Small |
-ula | Small |
-lysis | Loosen, Break Down |
-itis | Inflammation |
-ium | Tissue, Structure |
-stomy | Creation of an opening |
-rrhaphy | Suture |
-plasty | Reconstruction |
-pexy | Surgical Fixation |
-desis | Binding Fixation |
-ectomy | Removal |
-malacia | Abnormal Softening |
-ac | Pertaining to |
-al | Pertaining to |
-ar | Pertaining to |
-ary | Pertaining to |
-eal | Pertaining To |
-ic | Pertaining to |
-tic | Pertaining to |
-ous | Pertaining to |
-logist | Specialist in the Study Of |
-iatrics | Medical Science |
-iatry | Medical Science |
-iatrist | Specialist in the Medicine of |
-ist | Specialist |
-logy | Study of |
-algia | Pain |
-dynia | Pain |
-penia | defiency |
-ptosis | Drooping |
-rrhage | excessive flow |
-rrhagia | excessive flow |
-oid | Resembling |
-oma | Tumor |
-iasis | Presence of |
-osis | Condition |
-emia | Blood Condition |
-cele | Hernia |
-tomy | Incision |
-ia | Condition |
-ism | Condition |
-graphy | Process of Recording |
-meter | Instrument used to measure |
-metry | Process of measuring |
-scope | Instrument used for looking |
-y | Condition, Procedure |
-scopy | Process of looking |
-centesis | Puncture |
-spasm | Involuntary Contraction |
-pathy | Disease |
-rrhea | Flow |
-megaly | Enlargement |
-rrhexis | Rupture |
-gram | Written Record |
-graph | Instrument used to produce a record |