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Medical Terminology - Suffixes
From MT chapter 2
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| -itis | inflammation |
| -algia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision/removal |
| -tomy | incision |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -desis | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
| -pexy | suspension, fixation (of an organ) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -clasis | break , fracture |
| -lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gen | forming, producing, origin |
| -gram | record, a writing |
| -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -lith | stone, calculus |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increase (used primarily w/ blood cells) |
| -para | to bear (offspring) |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -paresis | partial paralysis |
| -penia | decrease deficiency |
| -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -philia | attraction to |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | formation, growth |
| -plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| -poiesis | formation, production |
| -ptosis | prolapsed, downward displacement |
| -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument to view or examine |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -stenosis | narrowing, structure |
| -toxic | poison |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
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