Medical Terminology Suffixes and Combining Forms Ch. 1 thru 4
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- -a
- Converts a word root to a noun
- -algia
- Pain
- -blast
- Immature
- -cele
- Hernia
- -cide
- Kill
- -cise
- Cut
- -cle
- Small
- -coccus
- Berry-Shaped
- -cyte
- Cell
- -dynia
- Pain
- -ectasis
- Dilatation
- -ectopia
- Displacement
- -emia
- Condition of the blood
- -er
- One who
- -gen
- That which produces
- -genesis
- Produces
- -genic
- Producing
- -ia
- State
- -iasis
- Abnormal condition
- -iatric
- Physician
- -ion
- Process
- -ism
- State of
- -ist
- One who specializes in
- -itis
- Inflammation
- -ium
- Converts a word root into a noun
- -ize
- To make
- -lapse
- To slide
- -lith
- Stone
- -logist
- One who studies
- -logy
- Study of
- -lysis
- Destruction
- -malacia
- Softening
- -megaly
- Large
- -ole
- Small
- -oma
- Tumor
- -osis
- Abnormal Condition
- -paresis
- Weakness
- -parous
- Give birth
- -partum
- Birth
- -pathy
- Disease
- -penia-
- Few
- -phasia
- Speech
- -phobia
- Abnormal fear
- -phoria
- Feeling
- -physis
- To grow
- -plasia
- Growth
- -plasm
- Formation
- -plegia
- Paralysis
- -pnea
- Breathing
- -ptosis
- Drooping
- -rrhage
- Excessive
- -rrhea
- Flow
- -rrhexis
- Rupture
- -sclerosis
- Hardening
- -sis
- Condition
- -spasm
- Involuntary muscle contraction
- -stalsis
- Contraction
- -stasis
- Stopping
- -stenosis
- Narrowing
- -therapy
- Treatment
- -trophy
- Development
- -ule
- Small
- -um
- Converts word root into a noun
- -uria
- Condition of the urine
- -us
- Converts word root into a noun
-
-ac -iac -ory
-al -ic -ose
-an -ical -ous
-ar -ile -tic
-ary -ior
-eal -oid - Pertaining to
- -centesis
- Punture to withdraw fluid
- -ectomy
- Surgical removal
- -ostomy
- Surgically create an opening
- -otomy
- Cutting into
- -pexy
- Surgical fixation
- -plasty
- Surgical repair
- -rrhaphy
- Suture
- -gram
- Record or picture
- -graph
- Instrument used for recording
- -graphy
- process of recording
- -meter
- Instrument used for measuring
- -metry
- Process of measuring
- -scope
- Instrument for viewing
- -scopy
- Procedure to visually examine
- -derma
- Skin
- -tome
- Instrument used to cut
- -clasia
- To surgically break
- -desis
- Fuse
- -kinesia
- Movement
- -porosis
- Porous
- abdomin/o
- Abdomen
- anter/o
- Front
- caud/o
- Tail
- cephal/o
- Head
- cervic/o
- Neck
- chondr/o
- Cartilage
- coccyg/o
- Coccyx
- crani/o
- Skull
- cyt/o
- Cell
- dist/o
- Away
- dors/o
- Back of body
- epitheli/o
- Epithelium
- hist/o
- Tissue
- ili/o
- ilium
- infer/o
- Below
- later/o
- Side
- lumb/o
- Lower back
- medi/o
- Middle
- my/o
- Muscle
- neur/o
- Nerve
- pelv/o
- Hip
- poster/o
- Back
- proxim/o
- Near
- sacr/o
- Sacrum
- somat/o
- Body
- spin/o
- Spine
- super/o
- Above
- system/o
- System
- thorac/o
- Chest
- umbilic/o
- Navel
- ventr/o
- Belly
- vertebr/o
- Vertebra
- viscer/o
- Internal organ
- adip/o
- Fat
- albin/0
- White
- caus/o
- Burn
- chrom/o
- Color
- cry/o
- Cold
- cutane/o
- Skin
- cyan/o
- Blue
- derm/o
- Skin
- dermat/o
- Skin
- diaphor/o
- Profuse sweating
- erythem/o
- Flush
- erythemat/o
- Redness
- hidr/o
- Sweat
- histi/o
- Tissue
- ichthy/o
- Dry
- kerat/o
- Horny
- leuk/o
- White
- lip/o
- Fat
- macul/o
- Stain
- melan/o
- Black
- myc/o
- Fungus
- onych/o
- Nail
- papul/o
- Pimple
- pil/o
- Hair
- py/o
- Pus
- rhytid/o
- Wrinkle
- scler/o
- Hard
- seb/o
- Oil
- squam/o
- Scale-like
- steat/o
- Fat
- trich/o
- Hair
- ungu/o
- Nail
- vesic/o
- Blister
- vit/o
- Blemish
- xer/o
- Dry