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Medical Terminology I - Module 2 - Suffixes 1-102
Suffixes 1-102
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Post-Graduate
03/02/2012
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- ac
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
- al
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
- an
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
- ar
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
- arche
 Definition
beginning
Term
- ary
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
- blast
 Definition
formative cell; immature cell
Term
- cidal
 Definition
to kill; to destroy
Term
- coccus
 Definition
berry shaped bacterium
Term
- crine
 Definition
to secrete; to separate
Term
- crit
 Definition
to separate
Term
- cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
- cytosis
 Definition
cell increase (usually an abnormal amount)
Term
- derma
 Definition
skin
Term
- dilation
 Definition
widening
Term
- eal
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
- emesis
 Definition
vomiting
Term
- emia
 Definition
blood condition
Term
- esis
 Definition
condition of
Term
- esthesia
 Definition
sensation
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- genesis
 Definition
producing; forming
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- genic
 Definition
beginning; origin; forming; producing
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- globin
 Definition
protein
Term
- globulin
 Definition
protein
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- gram
 Definition
record; tracing
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- graph
 Definition
recording instrument
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- graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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- ia
 Definition
condition of
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- iasis
 Definition
abnormal condition
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- iatrist
 Definition
doer; one who; practitioner
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- ic
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
- ician
 Definition
doer; one who; practitioner
Term
- id
 Definition
resembling
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- ion
 Definition
process
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- ism
 Definition
condition of
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- ist
 Definition
doer; one who; practitioner
Term
- ium
 Definition
structure; tissue
Term
- ize
 Definition
act of; condition of; quality of
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- logy
 Definition
study
Term
- mania
 Definition
obsessive preocupation
Term
- meter
 Definition
instrument to measure
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- oid
 Definition
resembling
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- ole
 Definition
little; small
Term
- opia
 Definition
vision
Term
- opsy
 Definition
view of
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- ose
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
- osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
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- ous
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
- partum
 Definition
birth
Term
- phagia
 Definition
eating; swallowing
Term
- phasia
 Definition
speech
Term
- phobia
 Definition
abnormal dread; abnormal fear
Term
- phonia
 Definition
voice; sound
Term
- pnea
 Definition
respiration; breathing
Term
- ptysis
 Definition
spitting
Term
- rhea
 Definition
to flow; discharge
Term
- rrhage
 Definition
burstin forth of blood
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- rrhagia
 Definition
bursting forth of blood
Term
- rrhaphy
 Definition
suture; repair
Term
- scope
 Definition
instrument for viewing
Term
- scopy
 Definition
visual examination with an instrument
Term
- staxis
 Definition
bursting forth
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- therapy
 Definition
treatment
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- thorax
 Definition
chest; pleural cavity
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- tic
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
- tresia
 Definition
opening
Term
- trophy
 Definition
nourishment; development
Term
- ule
 Definition
little; small
Term
- um
 Definition
structure; tissue
Term
- uria
 Definition
urine condition
Term
- us
 Definition
thing
Term
- y
 Definition
condition of
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
-asthenia
 Definition
weakness
Term
-cele
 Definition
hernia
Term
-centesis
 Definition
puncture to remove fluid
Term
-clasis
 Definition
to crush
Term
-desis
 Definition
fixation, to bind
Term
-dynia
 Definition
pain
Term
-ectasis
 Definition
dilation
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
removal
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
-lysis
 Definition
to loosen
Term
-lytic
 Definition
to loosen
Term
-malacia
 Definition
softening
Term
-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor
Term
-paresis
 Definition
slight paralysis
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease condition
Term
-penia
 Definition
deficiency
Term
-pexy
 Definition
fixation
Term
-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
Term
-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
Term
-ptosis
 Definition
downward displacement
Term
-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening
Term
-scopy
 Definition
visual examination with an instrument
Term
-spasm
 Definition
involuntary contraction
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-stasis
 Definition
decrease
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-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing
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-stomy
 Definition
creation of an opening into
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-tomy
 Definition
incision into
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-tripsy
 Definition
to surgically crush
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