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Med Term: Suffixes, Chapter 3
To help you match definitions to terms that mean the same thing, I have put a number with the term so matching will be easier. For example -dynia and -algia both mean pain, so there is a number with -dynia (1)
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| dynia (1) | pain (1) |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | blood condition |
| ia | state of, condition |
| itis | inflammation |
| lysis | destruction, breakdown |
| malacia | softening |
| algia (2) | pain (2) |
| cele | hernia |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oma | tumor, mass |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| pathy | disease process |
| penia | decrease, deficiency |
| phobia | irrational fear |
| ptosis | drooping, prolapse, sagging |
| ptysis | spitting |
| rrhage | bursting forth |
| rrhea | flow, discharge |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction |
| stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| y | process |
| centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| desis | surgical binding or fusion |
| ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
| graphy | process of recording, producing images |
| gram | record, writing |
| graph | instrument used to record |
| metry | to measure, measurement |
| meter | instrument used to measure |
| opsy | to view |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction |
| rrhaphy | suture, sew |
| scope | instrument used to visually examine |
| scopy | process of visually examining |
| stasis | stopping, controlling, stoppage |
| stomy | new opening |
| tome | instrucment used to cut |
| tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| cyte | cell |
| ician | specialist |
| ion | process |
| logy | study of |
| plasia | formation, development |
| poiesis | production, manufacture, formation |
| trophy | development, growth |
| genic | produced by, producing |
| oid | resembling |
| ole | small |
| acro | top, extemities |
| carcino | cancer |
| dono | donates |
| glyco | sugar (glucose) |
| pharmaco | drug |
| physio | nature |
| practitiono | practice |
| secto | cut |
| rrhagia | busrting forth with blood |
| logist | one who studies |
| trophic | development, growth |
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Instructor, Anatomy and Physiology |
The Salter School |
| Fall River, MA |
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