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Medical Terminoloty (Chap 2)
Suffix Types
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Undergraduate 1
12/17/2007

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-centesis

Definition
surgical puncture
Term
-clasis
Definition
to break; surgical fracture
Term
-desis
Definition
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
Term
-ectomy
Definition
excision, removal
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-lysis
Definition
separation; destruction; loosening
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-pexy
Definition
fixation (of an organ)
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-plasty
Definition
surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
Definition
suture
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-stomy
Definition
forming an opening (mouth)
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-tome
Definition
instrument to cut
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-tomy
Definition
incision
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-tripsy
Definition
crushing
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-gram
Definition
record, writing
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-graph
Definition
instrument for recording
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-graphy
Definition
process of recording
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-meter
Definition
instrument for measuring
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-metry
Definition
act of measuring
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-scope
Definition
instrument for examining
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-scopy
Definition
visual examination
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-algia

-dynia

Definition
pain
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-cele
Definition
hernia, swelling
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-ectasis
Definition
dilation, expansion
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-edema
Definition
swelling
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-emesis
Definition
vomiting
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-emia
Definition
blood condition
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-gen

-genesis

Definition
forming, producing, origin
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-iasis
Definition
abnormal condition (produced by something specific)
Term

-itis

Definition
inflammation
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-lith
Definition
stone, calculus
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-malacia
Definition
softening
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-megaly
Definition
enlargement
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-oma
Definition
tumor
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-osis
Definition
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
Term
-pathy
Definition
disease
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-penia
Definition
decrease, deficiency
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-phagia
Definition
eating, swallowing
Term
-phasia
Definition
speech
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-phobia
Definition
fear
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-plasia

-plasm

Definition
formation, growth
Term
-plegia
Definition
paralysis
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-rrhage

-rrhagia

Definition
bursting (of)
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-rrhea
Definition
discharge, flow
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-rrhexis
Definition
rupture
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-spasm
Definition
involuntary contraction, twitching
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-stenosis
Definition
narrowing, stricture
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-toxic
Definition
poison
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-trophy
Definition
nourishment, development
Term
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical*, -ile, -ior, -ory, -ous**, -tic
Definition

pertainingto, relating to

 

* The suffix -ical is a combinaiton of -ic and -al

** The suffix -ous also means composed of or producing.

Term
-esis, -ia, -ism
Definition
condition
Term
-iatry
Definition
medicine; treatment
Term

-ician

-ist

Definition
specialist
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-y
Definition
condition; process
Term

-icle

-ole

-ule

Definition
small, minute
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