Chapter 3-Suffixes
Terms
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- -algia
- pain
- -cele
- hernia
- -centesis
- surgical procedure to remove fluid
- -coccus (pleura: cocci)
- berry-shaped bacterium (pleural: bacteria)
- -cyte
- cell
- -dynia
- pain
- -emia
- blood condition
- -genesis
- condition of producing, forming
- -genic
- pertaining to producing, produced in, or produced by
- -gram
- record
- -graphy
- process of recording
- -itis
- inflammation
- -logy
- study of
- -lysis
- breakdown, destruction, separation
- -malacia
- softening
- -megaly
- enlargement
- -oma
- tumor, mass, collection of fluid
- -opsy
- view of
- -osis
- condition, usually abnormal
- -pathy
- disease condition
- -penia
- deficiency
- -phobia
- fear
- -plasia
- development, formation, growth
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- -ptosis
- drooping, sagging, prolapse
- -sclerosis
- hardening
- -scope
- instrument to visually examine
- -scopy
- process of visual examination
- -stasis
- stopping, controlling
- -stomy
- opening to form a mouth (stoma)
- -therapy
- treatment
- -tomy
- incision, to cut into
- -trophy
- development, nourishment
- -er
- one who
- -ia
- condition
- -ist
- specialist
- -ole
- little, small
- -ule
- little, small
- -um, -ium
- structure, tissue, thing
- -y
- condition, process
- -ac, -iac
- pertaining to
- -al
- pertaining to
- -ar
- pertaining to
- -ary
- pertaining to
- -eal
- pertaining to
- -ic, -ical
- pertaining to
- -oid
- resembling
- -ose
- pertaining to, full of
- -ous
- pertaining to
- -tic
- pertaining to
- -graph
- instrument for recording