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Medical Terminology: Suffixes
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11th Grade
09/20/2011
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Term
-ac, -al,-ic
 Definition
Pertaining to, relating to, located in
Term
-agra
 Definition
Excessive pain
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
-apheresis
 Definition
removal
Term
-astenia
 Definition
weakness
Term
-ase
 Definition
enzyme
Term
-ate
 Definition
use, subject to
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-atresia
 Definition
absence of normal body opening
Term
-capnia
 Definition
carbon dioxide
Term
-cele
 Definition
protrusion, hernia
Term
-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to remove fluid
Term
-cidal
 Definition
killing
Term
-clasia, clast
 Definition
break
Term
-ar,-ial,-ary
 Definition
Pertaining to, relating to, located in
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-cle, -cule, -ole, -ola, -ule, -ulum, -ulus
 Definition
small
Term
-clysis
 Definition
irrigation, washing
Term
-coccus, -coccis
 Definition
berry-shaped
Term
-crit
 Definition
to separate
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-crine
 Definition
separate, secrete
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-ous, -tic, -eal
 Definition
Pertaining to, relating to, located in
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
-desis
 Definition
surgical fixation
Term
-drome
 Definition
run
Term
-dynia
 Definition
pain
Term
-ectasis
 Definition
dilation, expansion
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal
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-ectopic
 Definition
displacement
Term
-emesis
 Definition
vomit
Term
-emia
 Definition
blood condition
Term
-ent,-er,-ist,-or
 Definition
person or agent
Term
-esis, -ia, -a, -ism, -ity, -y, -osis, -tion, -sis, -iasis, -sia
 Definition
state or condition, disease
Term
-form, -oid
 Definition
resembling, shaped like
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-gen, -genic
 Definition
producing, causing
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-genesis
 Definition
beginning, origin
Term
-gram
 Definition
record
Term
-graph
 Definition
instrument that records
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
Term
-iac
 Definition
person afflicted with
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-ible, -ile
 Definition
capable, able
Term
-ician
 Definition
one who
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-ictal
 Definition
seizure, attack
Term
-ist, -ologist
 Definition
a specialist in
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-ites, -itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-ium
 Definition
membrane
Term
-ize
 Definition
use
Term
-logy
 Definition
science, study of
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-lysis, -lytic
 Definition
destroy
Term
-ma, -mat
 Definition
disease
Term
-malacia
 Definition
softening
Term
-mania
 Definition
madness
Term
-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
Term
-metor
 Definition
instrument used to measure
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-metry
 Definition
measurement
Term
-morph
 Definition
form, shape
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
Term
-opsy
 Definition
to view
Term
-oxia
 Definition
oxygen
Term
-paresis
 Definition
slight paralysis
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease
Term
-penia
 Definition
deficient, lack of
Term
-pepsia
 Definition
digestion
Term
-pexy, -pexis
 Definition
fixation, storing
Term
-phagia, -phagy
 Definition
eating, swallowing
Term
-philia, -phily
 Definition
love
Term
-phobia
 Definition
abnormal fear, intolerance
Term
-phonia
 Definition
pertaining to sound
Term
-phoria
 Definition
feeling
Term
-physis
 Definition
growth
Term
-plasia, -plasm
 Definition
formation, development
Term
-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
Term
-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
Term
-pnea
 Definition
breathing
Term
-poiesis
 Definition
formation
Term
-porosis
 Definition
passage
Term
-prandial
 Definition
meal
Term
-praxia
 Definition
in front of, before
Term
-ptosis
 Definition
drooping
Term
-rrhage, -rrhagia
 Definition
excessive flow
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
suturing in place
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
flow or discharge
Term
-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
Term
-sarcoma
 Definition
malignant tumor
Term
-schisis
 Definition
split, fissure
Term
-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening
Term
-scope
 Definition
instrument for examining
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-scopy
 Definition
visual examination
Term
-sepsis
 Definition
infection
Term
-spasm
 Definition
sudden involuntary muscle contraction
Term
-stasis
 Definition
control, stop
Term
-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing
Term
-stomy
 Definition
surgical opening
Term
-tome
 Definition
instrument for
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-tripsy
 Definition
surgical crushing
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-trophy
 Definition
nourishment, development
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-ule
 Definition
little
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