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Ch. 2. Suffixes:Surgical, Diagnostic, Pathological, and related Suffixes

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-Centesis
Surgical Puncture
-Clasis
To Break;Surgical Fracture
-desis
Binding, Fixation of bone or joint
-ectomy
Excision, Removal
-lysis
Seperation;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
Dilation, expansion
-edema
Swelling
-emesis
Vomiting
-emia
Blood Condition
-gen
Forming, Producing, origin
-genesis
Forming, Producing, Origin
-iasis
Abnormal Condition ( Produced by something specific).
-itis
Inflammation
-lith
Stone, Calculus
-malacia
Softening
-megaly
Enlargement
-oma
Tumor
-osis
Abnormal Condition; Increase ( used primarily with blood cells).
-pathy
Disease
-penia
Decrease, Deficiency
-phagia
Eating, Swallowing
-Phasia
Speech
-Phobia
Fear
-Plasia
-Plasm
Formation, Growth
-plegia
Paralysis
-rrhage
-rrhagia
Bursting (of)
-rrhea
Discharge, Flow
-rrhexis
Rupture
-spasm
Involuntary contraction, twitching
-stenosis
Narrowing, Stricture
-toxic
Poison
-trophy
Nourishment, development
-ac
-al
-ar
-ary
-eal
-ic
-ical
-ile
-ior
-ous
-tic
Pertaining to, Relating to
-esis
-ia
-ism
Condition
-iatry
Medicine;treatment
-ician
Specialist
-ist
Specialist
-y
Condition;process
-icle
-ole
-ule
Small, Minute
-Cephal/o
Head
-Mast/o
Breast
-Phleb/o
Vein
-Colon/o
Colon
-Cardio/o
Heart
-Arthr/o
Joint
-Thorac/o
Chest
-Encephal/o
Brain
-Hemat/o
Blood

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