Suffixes Med Term
Terms
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- -able
- Capable
- -ac, -ad,-ar
- pertaining to
- -age
- related to
- -algesia, -algia
- pain
- -ant
- forming
- -ary
- pertaining to
- -al
- pertaining to
- -ase
- enzyme
- -asthenia
- weakness
- -ate, -ate(d)
- use, action
- -betes
- to go
- blast
- immature cell, germ cell
- -body
- body
- -cele
- hernia, tumor, swelling
- -centesis
- surgical puncture
- -ceps
- head
- -cide
- to kill
- -clasia
- a breaking
- -clave
- a key
- -cle
- small
- -clysis
- injection
- -cope
- stike
- -crit
- to seperate
- -culture
- cultivation
- -cusis
- hearing
- -cuspid
- point
- -cyesis
- pregnacy
- -cyst
- bladder
- -cyte
- cell
- -derma, - dermis
- skin
- -desis
- binding
- -dipsia
- thirst
- -drome
- a course
- -dynia
- pain
- -ectasia, ectasis
- dilatation, distention
- -ectasy
- dilation
- -ectomy
- surgical excision
- -edema
- swelling
- -emesis
- vomitting
- -emia
- blood condition
- -er
- relating to, one who
- -ergy
- work
- -esthesia
- feeling
- -form
- shape
- -fuge
- to flee
- -gen,genesis, genic
- formation, produce
- -genes
- produce
- -glia
- glue
- -globin
- protein
- -gnosis
- knowledge
- -grade
- a step
- -graft
- pencil, grafting knife
- -gram
- weight,mark, record
- -graph
- to write, record
- -graphy
- recording
- -hexia, -ia, -iasis
- condition
- -ic
- pertaining to, chemical
- -ide
- have a particular quality
- -in
- chemical, pertaining to
- -ine
- pertaining toq
- -ing
- quality of
- -ion
- process
- -ism
- condition
- -ist
- one who specializes, agent
- -itis
- inflammation
- -ive
- quality of, nature of
- -kinesia, -kenesis
- motion
- -lalia
- to talk
- -lemma
- a sheath, rind
- -lepsy
- seizure
- -lexia
- diction
- -liter
- liter
- -lith
- stone
- -logy
- study of
- -lymph
- serum, clear fluid
- -lysis
- destruction, to seperate
- -malacia
- softening
- -mania
- madness
- -megaly
- enlargement, large
- -meter
- instrument to measure
- -metry
- measurement
- -mnesia
- memory
- -morph
- form, shape
- -noia
- mind
- -oid
- resemble
- -ole
- opening
- -oma
- tumor
- -omion
- shoulder
- -on
- pertaining to
- -one
- hormone
- -opia
- eye,vision
- -opsia
- eye, vision
- -opsy
- to view
- -or
- one who, a doer
- -ory
- like, resemble
- -orexia
- appetite
- -ose
- like
- -osis
- condition
- -ous
- pertaining to
- -paresis
- weakness
- -pathy
- disease
- -penia
- lack of, Deficiency
- -pepsia
- to digest
- -pexy
- surgical fixation
- -phagia
- to eat
- -phasia
- to speak
- -pheresis
- removal
- -phil, =philia
- attraction
- -phobia
- fear
- -phoresis
- to carry
- -phragm
- a fence
- -phraxis
- to obstruct
- -phylaxis
- protection
- -physis
- growth
- -plakia
- plate
- -plasia
- formation, produce
- -plasm
- a thing formed, plasma
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- -plegia
- stoke, paralysis
- -pnea
- breathing
- -poieses
- formation
- -praxia
- action
- -ptosis
- prolapse,drooping
- -ptysis
- to spit, spitting
- -puncture
- to pierce
- -rrhagia, rrhage
- to burst forth, bursting forth
- -rrhaphy
- suture
- -rrhea
- flow, distarge
- -rrhexis
- rupture
- -scope
- instrument
- -scopy
- to view, examine
- -sepsis
- decay
- -sis
- condition
- -some
- body
- -spasm
- tension, spasm, contraction
- -stalsis
- contraction
- -stasis
- control, stopping
- -staxis
- dripping, trickling
- -sthenia
- strenght
- -stomy
- new opening
- -systole
- contraction
- -taxia
- order
- -therapy
- treatment
- -thermy
- heat
- -tic
- pertaining to
- -tome
- instrument to cut
- -tomy
- incision
- -tone
- tension
- -tripsy
- crushing
- -troph(y), -trophy
- nourishment,developement
- -type
- type
- -um
- tissue
- -ure
- process
- -uria
- urine
- -us
- pertaining to
- -y
- condition, pertaining to, process