Medical Terminolgy-Suffixes Lesson 2
Terms
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- -al
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Adjective-forming suffix
(also used to form names of chemical substances)
full of, resembling - -ase
- forms names of enzymes
- -asia, -asis(rare)
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Noun-forming suffix
state, condition - -ema
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Noun-forming suffix
state, condition
*combining form is -emat- - -esis
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Noun-forming suffix
state, condition, procedure - -etic
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Adjective-forming suffix
forms from nouns ending in
-esis; pertaining to - -ics, -tics
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Noun forming suffix
indicates a particular science or study; the science or study of - -ism
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Noun-forming suffix
state, condition, quality - -ismus
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Noun-forming suffix
state, condition, muscular spasm - -oid (rarely) -ode, -id
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Noun-forming and adjective-forming suffix
indicates a particular shape, form or resmblance: like, resembling - oma
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Noun-forming suffix
usually a tumor, occasionally a disease
(combining form is -omat-)
(plural form is -omata) - -ose
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Adjective-forming suffix
(also used to form names of chemical substances)
full of, resembling - -ous
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Adjective-forming suffix
pertainng to, characterized by, full of - -us
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Noun-forming suffix
condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus) - -ize
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Verb-forming suffix
commonly used Greek-derived suffix that means "to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in."