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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
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- ar
Definition
pertaining to
Term
- arche
Definition
beginning
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- 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
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- esthesia
Definition
sensation
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- genesis
Definition
producing; forming
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- genic
Definition
beginning; origin; forming; producing
Term
- globin
Definition
protein
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- 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
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- ician
Definition
doer; one who; practitioner
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- 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
Term
- 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
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- osis
Definition
abnormal condition
Term
- ous
Definition
pertaining to
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- 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
Term
- 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
Term
- therapy
Definition
treatment
Term
- thorax
Definition
chest; pleural cavity
Term
- 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
Term
-stasis
Definition
decrease
Term
-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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