Ch2 - Suffixes
Terms
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- -CENTISIS
- SURGICAL PUNCTURE
- -CLASIS
- TO BREAK, SURGICAL FRACTURE
- -DESIS
- BINDING, FIXATION (OF A BONE OR JOINT, FUSION, STABILIZATION
- -ECTOMY
- EXCISION, REMOVAL
- -LYSIS
- SEPARATION, DESTRUCTION, LOOSENING, BREAK DOWN
- -PEXY
- FIXATION (OF AN ORGAN), SUSPENSION
- -PLASTY
- SURGICAL REPAIR
- -RRHAPHY
- SUTURE
- -STOMY
- FORMING AN OPENING (MOUTH)
- -TOME
- INSTUMENT 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), PRESENCE OF
- -ITIS
- INFLAMMATION
- -LITH
- STONE, CALCULUS
- -MALACIA
- SOFTENING
- -MEGALY
- ENLARGEMENT
- -OMA
- TUMOR
- -OSIS
- ABNORMAL CONDITION, INCREASE (USED PRIMARILY WITH BLOOD CELLS), PROCESS, CONDITION OR STATE
- -PARESIS
- PARTIAL OR INCOMPLETE PARALYSIS
- -PATHY
- DISEASE
- -PENIA
- DECREASE, DEFICIENCY
- -PHILIA
- TO LOVE, ATTRACTION FOR
- -PHAGIA
- EATING, SWALLOWING, INGESTING
- -PHASIA
- SPEECH
- -PHOBIA
- FEAR
- -PLASIA
- FORMATION, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT
- -PLASM
- FORMATION, GROWTH
- -PLEGIA
- PARALYSIS
- -POIESIS
- PRODUCTION
- -PTOSIS
- PROLAPSE, FALLING, DROOPING
- -RRHAGE
- BURSTING (OF)
- -RRHAGIA
- BURSTING (OF)
- -RRHEA
- DISCHARGE, FLOW
- -RRHEXIS
- RUPTURE
- -SPASM
- INVOLUNTARY CONTRACTION, TWITCHING
- -STENOSIS
- NARROWING, STRICTURE, CONSTRICTION
- -TOXIC
- POISON
- -TROPHY
- NOURISHMENT, DEVELOPMENT
- -AC
-
PERTAINING TO, RELATING TO
EX: CARDIAC - -AL
-
PERTAINING TO, RELATING TO
EX: NEURAL - -AR
-
PERTAINING TO, RELATING TO
EX: MUSCULAR - -ARY
-
PERTAINING TO, RELATING TO
EX: PULMONARY - -EAL
-
PERTAINING TO, RELATING TO
EX: ESOPHAGEAL - -IC
-
PERTAINING TO, RELATING TO
EX: GASTRIC - -ICAL
-
PERTAINING TO, RELATING TO
EX: PATHOLOGICAL - -ILE
-
PERTAINING TO, RELATING TO
EX: PENILE - -IOR
-
PERTAINING TO, RELATING TO
EX: POSTERIOR - -OUS
-
PERTAINING TO, RELATING TO
EX: CUTANEOUS - -TIC
-
PERTAINING TO, RELATING TO
EX: ACOUSTIC - -ESIS
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CONDITION
EX: DIURESIS - -IA
-
CONDITION
EX: PNEUMONIA - -ISM
-
CONDITION
EX: HYPERTHYROIDISM - -IATRY
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MEDICINE, TREATMENT
EX: PODIATRY - -ICIAN
-
SPECIALIST
EX: OBSTETRICIAN - -IST
-
SPECIALIST
EX: HEMATOLOGIST - -Y
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CONDITION, PROCESS
EX: NEUROPATHY - -ICLE
-
SMALL, MINUTE
EX: VENTRICLE - -OLE
-
SMALL, MINUTE
EX: ARTERIOLE - -ULE
-
SMALL, MINUTE
EX: VENULE - -LOGY
- STUDY OF
- THE PLURAL OF A
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AE
EX: PLEURA, PLEURAE - THE PLURAL OF AX
-
ACES
EX: THORAX, THORACES - THE PLURAL OF EN
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INA
EX: LUMEN, LUMINA - THE PLURAL OF IS
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ES
EX: DIAGNOSIS, DIAGNOSES - THE PLURAL OF IX
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ICES
EX: APPENDIX, APPENDICES - THE PLURAL OF EX
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ICES
EX: APEX, APICES - THE PLURAL OF MA
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MATA
EX: CARCINOMA, CARCINOMATA - THE PLURAL OF ON
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A
EX: GANGLION, GANGLIA - THE PLURAL OF UM
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A
EX: BACTERIUM, BACTERIA - THE PLURAL OF US
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I
EX: BRONCHUS, BRONCHI - THE PLURAL OF Y
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IES
EX: DEFORMITY, DEFORMITIES