Medical Terminology - Suffixes
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- esis
- condition
- gen
- substance or agent that produces or causes
- crit
- to separate
- thorax
- chest
- crine
- separate; secrete
- phoria
- feeling
- metry
- measurement
- scopic
- visual examination
- stalsis
- contraction
- ectopia
- displacement
- pepsia
- digestion
- sepsis
- infection
- scope
- instrument used for visual examination
- phonia
- sound or voice
- sarcoma
- malignant tumor
- plegia
- paralysis
- praxia
- in front of; before
- opia
- vision (condition)
- plasty
- plastic or surgical repair
- poiesis
- formation
- coccus (pl. cocci)
- berryshaped ( a form of bacterium)
- ous
- pertaining to
- pexy
- surgical fixation; suspension
- phobia
- abnormal fear of or aversion to specific objects or things
- philia
- love
- ectomy
- excision or surgical removal
- desis
- surgical fixation; fusion
- drome
- run; running
- er
- one who
- cidal
- killing
- cele
- hernia; protrusion
- centesis
- surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
- clasia
- break
- capnia
- carbon dioxide
- atresia
- absence of a normal body opening; occlusion; closure
- clast
- break
- clysis
- irrigating; washing
- uria
- urine; urination
- gram
- record; x-ray film
- iasis
- condition
- ary
- pertaining to
- ar
- pertaining to
- algia
- pain
- al
- pertaining to
- agra
- excessive pain
- ase
- enzyme
- apheresis
- removal
- asthenia
- weakness
- itis
- inflammation
- cyte
- cell
- eal
- pertaining to
- lepsy
- seizure
- ictal
- seizure; attack
- clasis
- break
- ectasis
- stretching out; dilatation; expansion
- emesis
- vomiting
- iatry
- physician; treatment
- malacia
- softening
- ician
- one who
- paresis
- slight paralysis
- emia
- blood condition
- ial
- pertaining to
- morph
- form; shape
- ia
- condition of diseased or abnormal state
- opsy
- to view
- odynia
- pain
- oma
- tumor; swelling
- graphy
- process of recording; xray filming
- graph
- instrument used to record
- genic
- producing; originating; causing
- genesis
- origin; cause
- porosis
- passage
- oorhagia
- rapid flow of blood
- lytic
- destroy; reduce
- lysis
- loosening; dissolution; separating
- ic
- pertaining to
- ism
- state of
- meter
- instrument used to measure
- ology
- study of
- megaly
- enlargement
- mania
- madness; insane desire
- ologist
- one who studies and practices (specialist)
- oid
- resembling
- odia
- smell
- orrhexis
- rupture
- pnea
- breathing
- penia
- abnormal reduction in number
- orrhea
- flow; excessive discharge
- orrhaphy
- suturing; repairing
- pathy
- disease
- osis
- abnormal condition
- oxia
- oxygen
- otomy
- cut into or incision
- phily
- love
- phagia
- eating; swallowing
- plasm
- growth; substance; formation
- plasia
- formation; development; a growth
- physis
- growth
- sclerosis
- hardening
- prandial
- meal
- schisis
- split; fissure
- ptosis
- dropping; sagging; prolapse
- salpinx
- fallopian tube
- ptysis
- spitting
- trophy
- nourishment
- sis
- state of
- scopy
- visual examination
- tocia
- birth; labor
- spasm
- sudden involuntary muscle contraction
- stenosis
- constriction; narrowing
- ule
- little
- ostomy
- creation of an artificial opening
- ac
- pertaining to
- tripsy
- surgical crushing
- stasis
- control; stop
- tome
- instrument used to cut