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PACS Clinical Medical Terminology
Prefixes/Suffixes That Indicate Disease or a Change in the Body
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02/20/2012

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Term
acro-
Definition
Extremities ex. acrochrondon skin tag
Term
-algia
Definition
Pain ex. talalgia ankle
Term
carcin-
Definition
Cancer ex.carcinogen
Term
-cele
Definition
hernia ex. gastrocele stomach
Term
cyst
Definition
sac containing fluid, bladder ex. ovarian cyst
Term
-dynia
Definition
pain, swelling ex.urodynia urine
Term
-ectasis
Definition
dilation, expansion ex. bronchiolectasis bronchus
Term
-(a)emia
Definition
Blood ex. leuk(a)emia white
Term
-gen
Definition
producing, beginning ex. carcinogen
cancer
Term
-iasis
Definition
abnormal condition, formation of, presence of ex. cholelithiasis gall stone
Term
-itis
Definition
inflammation ex. hepatitis stomach
Term
-lith
Definition
Stone ex. fecalith fecal
Term
-malacia
Definition
Softening ex. osteomalacia bone
Term
mani-
Definition
madness, mental disturbance ex. manic
Term
-megaly
Definition
Enlargement ex. splenomegaly spleen
Term
-oid
Definition
Resemble ex. fibroid fibres
Term
-oma
Definition
Tumor ex. adenoma gland
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-osis
Definition
abnormal condition ex. dermatosis skin
Term
-pathy
Definition
disease ex. nephropathy kidney
Term
-penia
Definition
Decrease, deficiency ex. erthyropenia
red (cell)
Term
-phagia
Definition
eating, swallowing ex. dysphagia difficult
Term
-phasia
Definition
Speech ex. Aphasia without
Term
-plegia
Definition
paralysis, stroke ex. hemiplegia half
Term
-phobia
Definition
fear ex. acrophobia heights
Term
-ptosis
Definition
prolapse, falling dropping ex. blepharoptosis eyelid
Term
-rrhage
Definition
burst forth ex. blepharoptosis eyelid
Term
-rrhea
Definition
discharge, flow of watery stools ex. diarrhea
Term
-rrhexis
Definition
Rupture ex. enterorrhexis intestines
Term
-sclerosis
Definition
hardening ex. artheriosclerosis joints
Term
-spasm
Definition
Involuntary contraction, twitching ex. bronchospasm bronchus
Term
-trophy
Definition
growth, development ex. dystrophy
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