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Medical Terminology Suffixes A - E
Medical Terminology Suffixes A - E
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06/08/2010

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Term
-ac
Definition

pertaining to

 

cardiac - pertaining to the heart

Term
-acusis
Definition

hearing

anacusia - not hearing (deafness)

Term
-ad
Definition
toward
Term
-al
Definition

pertaining to

 

abdominal - pertaining to the abdomen

Term
-algesia
Definition

pain

 

encephalgesia - headache

Term
-algia
Definition

pain

synalgia - joined (referred) pain

Term
-ar
Definition
pertaining to
Term
-arche
Definition

beginning

menarche - beginning of menstruation

Term
-ary
Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ate
Definition
having the form of, possessing
Term
-ation
Definition
process (of )
Term
-blast
Definition

embryonic cell

erythroblast - embryonic red cell

Term
-capnia
Definition

carbon dioxide

hypercapnia - excessive carbon dioxide

Term
-cardia
Definition
heart condition
Term
-cele
Definition
hernia, swelling
Term
-centesis
Definition
surgical puncture
Term
-ceps
Definition
head
Term
-ception
Definition
conceiving
Term
-cide
Definition

killing

spermicide - (agents that) kill sperm

Term
-cision
Definition
a cutting
Term
-clasia
Definition

to break; surgical fracture

 

osteoclasia - surgical fracture of a bone

Term
-clasis
Definition
to break; surgical fracture
Term
-clast
Definition

to break

osteoclast - cell that breaks down a bone

Term
-cleisis
Definition
closure
Term
-clysis
Definition
irrigation, washing
Term
-continence
Definition
to hold back
Term
-cusia
Definition
hearing
Term
-cusis
Definition

hearing

presbycusis - hearing (loss) associated with old age

Term
-cyesis
Definition

pregnancy

pseudocyesis - false pregnancy

Term
-cyte
Definition

cell

lipocyte - fat cell

Term
-derma
Definition

skin

pyoderma - pus in the skin

Term
-desis
Definition

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

arthrodesis - binding together of a joint

Term
-dipsia
Definition

thirst

polydipsia - excessive thirst

Term
-duction
Definition
act of leading, bringing, conducting
Term
-dynia
Definition
pain
Term
-eal
Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ectasis
Definition
dilation, expansion
Term
-ectomy
Definition

excision, removal

 

Appendectomy - excision of the appendix

Term
-edema
Definition

swelling

 

lymphedema - swelling of the lymph

Term
-ema
Definition
state of; condition
Term
-emesis
Definition

vomiting

 

hyperemesis - vomiting a excessive amount

Term
-emia
Definition

blood condition

 

anemia - an abnormal condition of low (without) blood

Term
-esis
Definition
condition
Term
-esthesia
Definition

feeling

 

anesthesia - without feeling

Term
-asthenia
Definition

weakness, debility

 

myasthenia - weakness of the muscle (& abnormal weakness)

Term
-crine
Definition

secrete

 

endocrine - secrete internally or within

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