Med Term Chapter 2: Common Surgical Suffixes
Terms
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- cardi/o
- heart
- cephal/o
- head
- mast/o
- breast
- phleb/o
- vein
- colon/o
- colon
- arthr/o
- joint
- thorac/o
- chest
- encephal/o
- brain
- hemat/o
- blood
- -centesis
- surgical puncture
- -clasis
- to break; surgical fracture
- -desis
- binding, fixation (of a joint or bone)
- -ectomy
- excision, removal
- -lysis
- separation, destruction, loosening
- -pexy
- fixation (of an organ)
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- -rrhaphy
- suture
- -stomy
- forming an opening (mouth)
- -tome
- instrument to cut
- -tomy
- incision
- -tripsy
- crushing
- -gram
- record, writing
- -graph
- instrument for recording
- -graphy
- process of recording
- -meter
- instrument for measuring
- -metry
- act of measuring
- -scope
- instrument for examining
- -scopy
- visual examination
- -algia
- pain
- -dynia
- pain
- -cele
- hernia, swelling
- -ectasis
- dialation, expansion
- -edema
- swelling
- -emesis
- vomiting
- -emia
- blood condition
- -gen
- forming, producing, origin
- -genesis
- forming, producing, origin
- -iasis
- abnormal condition
- -itis
- inflammation
- -lith
- stone, calculus
- -malacia
- softening
- -megaly
- enlargement
- -oma
- tumor
- -osis
- abnormal condition; increase
- -pathy
- disease
- -penia
- decrease, deficiency
- -phagia
- eating, swallowing
- -phasia
- speech
- -phobia
- fear
- -plasia
- formation, growth
- -plasm
- formation, growth
- -plegia
- paralysis
- -rrhage
- bursting
- -rrhea
- discharge, flow
- -rrhexis
- rupture
- -spasm
- involuntary
- -stenosis
- narrowing, stricture
- -toxic
- poison
- -trophy
- nourishment, development
- -ac
- pertaining to
- -al
- pertaining to
- -ar
- pertaining to
- -ary
- pertaining to
- -eal
- pertaining to
- -ic
- pertaining to
- -ical
- pertaining to
- -ile
- pertaining to
- -ior
- pertaining to
- -ous
- pertaining to
- -tic
- pertaining to
- -esis
- condition
- -ia
- condition
- -ism
- condition
- -iatry
- medicine, treatment
- -ician
- specialist
- -ist
- specialist
- -y
- condition
- -icle
- small, minute
- -ole
- small, minute
- -ule
- small, minute