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nursing suffixe
nursing
suffixes | meaning |
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-ac, -al, -ary, -eal | pertainging to |
-algia | pain |
-centesis | puncture and aspiration of fluid |
-cide | killing |
-emia | presence of blood, blood condition |
-gram | record |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ia | condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-necrosis | death |
-ologist | specialist |
-ology | science or study of |
-oma | tumor, mass, fluid collection |
-osis | disease, condition, usually abnormal |
-ostomy | creation of an opening |
-otomy | incision, cutting into |
-pathy | disease, emotion |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-pnea | breathing |
-rrhage, rrhagia | excessive flow, bursting forth of blood |
-rraphy | sticthing, suture |
-rrhea, -rrheal | profuse flow, discharge |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
-scopy | examination using a scope, visual examination |
-stenosis | abnormal narrowing, tightening, stricture |
-um | tissue, structure, thing |