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Medical Terminology/Suffixes

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Study the suffixes of medical terminology and what they mean

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-ous	pertaining to/characterized by
-osis	condition/increased by number of abnormal
-ose	sugar
-tomy	incision/cutting into
-tome	instrument for cutting
-stasis	stopping
-stomy	forming of an opening
-spasm	twitching
-scopy	examination with an instrument
-sclerosis	hardening
-rrhexis	rupture
-lytic	pertaining to destruction
-lysis	loosening/freeing/breaking apart
-ology	study of
-ologist	specialist
-rrhea	flow/discharge
-rrhaphy	suture
-rrhage	excessive bleeding
-rrhagia	excessive bleeding
-plegia	paralysis
-trophic	nutrition
-trophy	nutrition
-meter	instrument to measure
-tripsy	surgical crushing
-megaly	enlargement
-mania	preoccupation
-malacia	softening
-kinesia	movement/motion
-kinesis	movement/motion
-ium	membrane
-itis	inflammation
-ist	one who
-ia	condition
-iasis	condition
-ism	condition
-graphy	process of recording
-graph	instrument for recording
-gram	record
-genic	beginning/producing
-genesis	beginning/producing
-emia	blood
-emesis	vomiting
-plasty	surgical repair
-phobia	abnormal fear
-phasia	speech
-phagia	eating/swallowing
-gic	eating/swallowing
-gy	eating/swallowing
-pexy	surgical fixation
-penia	deficiency
-edema	swelling
-ectomy	excision/removal
-ectasia	dilation
-ectasis	dilation
-centesis	procedure of aspirating fluid
-ase	enzyme
-cele	hernia
-algia	pain
-able	capable of
-ible	capable of
-ac	pertaining to
-al	pertaining to
-an	pertaining to
-ar	pertaining to
-ael	pertaining to
-ic	pertaining to
-ive	pertaining to
-tic	pertaining to
-opia	vision
-oma	tumor
-oid	resembling
-metry	process of measuring
-pathy	disease/abnormality

Tish Cummings

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