Medical Terminology 102 Suffixes
Suffixes for medical terminology 102 at MWCC
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- -blast
- Embryonic cell
- -tomy
- Incision
- -plasm
- Formation, growth
- -ous
- Pertaining to relating to
- -ema
- State of, condition
- -stasis
- Standing still
- -osis
- Abnormal condition, increase used primarily with blood cells
- -version
- turning
- -phylaxis
- Protection
- -logy
- Study of
- -ary
- Pertaining to; relating to
- -ation
- Process of
- -ar
- Pertaining to; relating to
- -tic
- Pertaining to relating to
- -plasia
- Formation, growth
- -dipsia
- Thirst
- -phage
- Swallowing, eating
- -rrhea
- Discharge, flow
- -para
- To bear (offspring)
- -sarcoma
- Malignant tumor of connective tissue
- -verse
- Turning
- -ad
- Toward
- -esis
- Condition
- -pause
- Cessation
- -lepsy
- Seizure
- -ice
- Noun ending
- -stomy
- Forming and opening (mouth)
- -potence
- Power
- -tocia
- Childbirth, labor
- -plegia
- Paralysis
- -stenosis
- Narrowing, stricture
- -tropia
- Turning
- -glia
- Glue, neurological tissue
- -gnosis
- Knowing
- -ior
- Pertaining to relating to
- -physis
- Growth
- -cyesis
- Pregnancy
- -ic
- Pertaining to, relating to
- -scopy
- Visual examination
- -malacia
- Softening
- -ula
- Small minute
- -cele
- Hernia, swelling
- -rrhage
- Bursting forth, of
- -us
- Condition, structure
- -spadias
- Slit, fissure
- -opsia
- Vision
- -ptosis
- Prolapse, downward displacement
- -centesis
- Surgical puncture
- -oxia
- Oxygen
- -ist
- Specialist
- -oid
- Resembling
- -ole
- Small, minute
- -plexy
- Stroke
- -um
- Thing, structure
- -paresis
- Partial paralysis
- -ule
- Small minute
- -edema
- Swelling
- -emia
- Blood condition
- -rrhaphy
- Suture
- -gravida
- Pregnant woman
- -gram
- Record, writing
- -itis
- Inflammation
- -spasm
- Twitching
- -ory
- Pertaining to relating to
- -tension
- To stretch
- -iasis
- Abnormal condition, produced by something specific
- -penia
- Decrease, deficiency
- -pexy
- Fixation of an organ
- -ical
- Pertaining to , relating to
- -cision
- A cutting
- -plasty
- Surgical repair
- -poiesis
- Formation, production
- -rrhexis
- Rupture
- -oma
- Tumor
- -y
- Condition, process
- -thorax
- Chest
- -al
- Pertaining to; relating to
- -cyte
- Cell
- -megaly
- Enlargement
- -ive
- Pertaining to relating to
- -ine
- Pertaining to relating to
- -graph
- Instrument of recording
- -phobia
- Fear
- -ician
- Specialist
- -pnea
- Breathing
- -ectasis
- Dilation, expansion
- -phoresis
- Transmission, carrying
- -opia
- Vision
- -ate
- Having the form of, possessing
- -opaque
- Obscure
- -prandial
- Meal
- -porosis
- Porous
- -globin
- Protein
- -itic
- Pertaining to relating to
- -isy
- State of, condition
- -graft
- Transplantation
- -eal
- Pertaining to, relatingto
- -clast
- To break
- -trophy
- Development, nourishing
- -pathy
- Disease
- -cardia
- Heart condition
- -continence
- To hold back
- -lampsia
- To shine
- -rrhagia
- Bursting forth, of
- -scope
- Instrument for examining
- -dynia
- Pain
- -cide
- Killing
- -genesis
- Forming, producing, origin
- -opsy
- View of
- -metry
- Act of measuring
- -phasia
- Speech
- -gen
- Forming, producing, origin
- -tripsy
- Crushing
- -toxic
- Poison
- -orexia
- Appetite
- -ia
- Condition
- -ization
- Process of
- -meter
- Instrument for measuring
- -emesis
- Vomiting
- -ac
- Pertaining to; relating to
- -graphy
- Process of recording
- -pepsia
- Digestion
- -derma
- Skin
- -ception
- Conceiving
- -phagia
- Swallowing, eating
- -clasia
- To break, surgical fracture
- -tropin
- Stimulate
- -desis
- Binding, fixation of a bone or joint
- -ism
- Condition
- -is
- Noun ending
- -lysis
- Separation, destruction, loosening
- -ion
- The act of
- -lith
- Stone, calculus
- -salpinx
- Tube, eustachian or fallopian
- -uria
- Urine
- -tome
- Instrument to cut
- -icle
- Small minute little
- -iac
- Pertaining to, relating to
- -ile
- Pertaining to relating to
- -iatry
- Medicine, treatment
- -logist
- Specialist in the study of
- -osmia
- Smell