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Medical Terminology - Lesson C (suffixes)
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| -al, -ac, -ar, -ary, -ia, -ic, -tic, -ical, -ory, -eal, -ous, -tous | pertaining to |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -cide, cidal | destroying, killing |
| -clast, -clasis | breaking |
| --cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | excision, surgicaql removal |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emia | a condition of the blood |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| -gen, -genesis | creating, producing |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| -ia, -ism | condition |
| -iasis | pathological condition or state |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -kinesis, - kinesia | movement |
| -lith | stone |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | destruction of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | measurement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole, -ule | small |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -paresis | slight or partial paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pause, -stasis | cessation, stopping |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -phagia, -phage | eating, swalling |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phoria | feeling |
| -plasm, -plasia | formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | drooping, prolapse |
| -rrhagia, -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture, suturing |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument used to view |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -stomy | mouthlike opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| `-tome | cutting instrument |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment or growth |
| -uria | urine |
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School of Practical Nursing |
James Rumsey Technical Institute |
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