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October 21, 2011
Introduction to Patient Care - suffixes
Question | Answer |
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algia | pain |
cele | hernia, swelling |
centesis | surgical puncture |
cise | cut |
ectasis | dilation, expansion |
ectomy | excision, removal |
emia | blood, condition of |
gen | to produce |
gram | a writing, record |
graph | instrument for recording, writing |
iasis, ia | condition, presence of |
itis | inflammation |
logy | study of |
megaly | enlargement |
oma | tumor |
pathy | disease |
penia | decrease, dificiency, lack of |
phagia | eating, ingestion, swallowing |
phasia | speech |
paresis | partial or incomplete paralysis |
plasty | formation, plastic repair, surgical repair |
plegia | paralysis |
phobia | fear of |
rrhage | burst forth |
rreah | discharge, flow |
sclerosis | hardening |
scope | instrument to view or examine |
scopy | visual examination |
stasis | standing still |
stomy | mouth, forming a new opening |
tomy | incision, cut into |