Medical Terminology Suffixes

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• pertaining to

• -al, -ar

• without an opening

• -atresia

• puncturing to aspirate fluid

• -cele

• hernia

• -algia

• pain

• -centesis

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• cell

• -cyte

• cut out, excise

• -desis

• expansion, dilation

• -ectomy

• fusion

• -cide, -cidal

• kill

• -ectasia

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• record, x-ray

• -edema

• swelling

• -gram

• blood

• -emia

• making a record

• -emesis

• vomitting

• -graphy

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• study of

• -itis

• one who specializes

• -logist

• condition

• -logy

• inflammation

• -iasis, -ism

• one who

• -ist

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• break down, dissolve

• -lysis, -lytic

• enlargement

• -megaly

• madness

• -mania

• measure

• -malacia

• abnormal softening

• -meter

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• vision

• -oma

• resembling

• -oid

• abnormal condition

• -pathy

• disease

• -osis

• tumor

• -opia

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• deficiency, poor

• -phasia

• abnormal fear

• -penia

• digestion

• -pepsia

• surgical fixation

• -pexy

• speak, say

• -phobia

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• formation

• -pnea

• substance

• -plasty

• make, shape

• -plasia

• breathe

• -plegia

• paralysis

• -plasm

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• suture, sew

• -rrhexis

• flow, discharge

• -ptosis

• burst forth

• -rrhea

• rupture

• -rrhaphy

• prolapse, drooping

• -rrhagia

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• visualization

• -scopy

• stop, control

• -stasis

• twitching

• -spasm

• instrument for viewing

• -stomy

• creation of an opening

• -scope