Ch. 2: Suffixes

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pertaining to

-ac -al -ar -ary -eal -ic -ical -ile -ior -ous -tic

Pathological

________________ suffixes describe an abnormal condition or disease.

Surgical

_________________ suffixes describe a type of invasive procedure on a body part.

Diagnostic

__________________ suffixes denote a procedure or test performed to identify the cause and nature of an illness.

Grammatical

_____________________ suffixes form parts of speech, such as adjectives or nouns, or singular/plural forms of medical words.

-iasis

suffix meaning abnormal condition

-osis

suffix meaning abnormal condition

-sclerosis

suffix meaning abnormal condition of hardening

-meter

suffix meaning an instrument for measuring

-desis

suffix meaning binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

-emia

suffix meaning blood condition

-rrhage

suffix meaning bursting forth

-y

suffix meaning condition, process

-tripsy

suffix meaning crushing

-penia

suffix meaning decrease, deficiency

-rrhea

suffix meaning discharge, flow

-pathy

suffix meaning disease

-phagia

suffix meaning eating, swallowing

-megaly

suffix meaning enlargement

-ectomy

suffix meaning excision, removal

-phobia

suffix meaning fear

-stomy

suffix meaning forming an opening

-gen

suffix meaning forming, producing, origin

-genesis

suffix meaning forming, producing, origin

-cele

suffix meaning hernia, swelling

-tomy

suffix meaning incision

-itis

suffix meaning inflammation

-scope

suffix meaning instrument for examining

-graph

suffix meaning instrument for recording

-spasm

suffix meaning involuntary contraction, twitching

-iatry

suffix meaning medicine, treatment

-stenosis

suffix meaning narrowing, stricture

-trophy

suffix meaning nourishment, development

-plegia

suffix meaning paralysis

-toxic

suffix meaning poison

-ptosis

suffix meaning prolapse, downward displacement

-gram

suffix meaning record, writing

-rrhexis

suffix meaning rupture

-lysis

suffix meaning separation, destruction, loosening

-malacia

suffix meaning softening

-centesis

suffix meaning surgical puncture

-plasty

suffix meaning surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suffix meaning suture

-edema

suffix meaning swelling

-metry

suffix meaning the act of measuring

-graphy

suffix meaning the process of recording

-clasis

suffix meaning to break; surgical fracture

-oma

suffix meaning tumor

-scopy

suffix meaning visual examination

-esis -ia -ism

suffixes meaning condition

-plasia -plasm

suffixes meaning formation, growth

-algia -dynia

suffixes meaning pain

-icle -ole -ule

suffixes meaning small, minute

-ician -ist

suffixes meaning specialist


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