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What does the suffix '-a' signify?
What does the suffix '-a' signify?
- pain
- no meaning (correct)
- pertaining to
- toward
What does the suffix '-ac' mean?
What does the suffix '-ac' mean?
- pertaining to (correct)
- cell
- hernia
- growth
What does the suffix '-ad' indicate?
What does the suffix '-ad' indicate?
toward
What does the suffix '-algia' signify?
What does the suffix '-algia' signify?
What does the suffix '-amnios' refer to?
What does the suffix '-amnios' refer to?
What does the suffix '-itis' mean?
What does the suffix '-itis' mean?
What does the suffix '-emia' indicate?
What does the suffix '-emia' indicate?
The term 'surgical removal' is represented by the suffix _____
The term 'surgical removal' is represented by the suffix _____
What does the suffix '-osis' signify?
What does the suffix '-osis' signify?
What does the suffix '-logy' refer to?
What does the suffix '-logy' refer to?
The suffix '-cyte' means 'tumor'.
The suffix '-cyte' means 'tumor'.
What does the suffix '-gen' mean?
What does the suffix '-gen' mean?
What is indicated by the suffix '-malacia'?
What is indicated by the suffix '-malacia'?
The suffix '-plasty' represents which procedure?
The suffix '-plasty' represents which procedure?
What does the suffix '-phobia' indicate?
What does the suffix '-phobia' indicate?
What does the suffix '-rrhagia' signify?
What does the suffix '-rrhagia' signify?
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Study Notes
Medical Terminology Suffixes
- -a: No meaning
- -ac: Pertaining to
- -ad: Toward
- -al: Pertaining to
- -algia: Pain
- -amnios: Refers to the amnion or amniotic fluid
- -aphresis: Removal of a substance
- -ar: Pertaining to
- -ary: Pertaining to
- -asthenia: Weakness
- -atresia: Absence of a normal body opening; can indicate occlusion or closure
- -cele: Hernia or protrusion
- -centesis: Surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
- -clasia, -clasis, -clast: Break
- -coccus: Berry-shaped; describes a form of bacterium
- -cyesis: Pregnancy
- -cyte: Cell
- -desis: Surgical fixation or fusion
- -drome: Run or running
- -e: No meaning
- -eal: Pertaining to
- -ectasis: Stretching out, dilation, or expansion
- -ectomy: Excision or surgical removal
- -emia: In the blood
- -esis: Condition
- -gen: Substance or agent that produces or causes
- -genic: Producing, causing, or originating
- -gram: Record or radiographic image
- -graph: Instrument used to record; can also mean record
- -graphy: Process of recording or radiographic imaging
- -ia: Diseased or abnormal state; condition of
- -iasis: Condition
- -iatrist: Specialist or physician
- -iatry: Specialty or treatment
- -ic: Pertaining to
- -ictal: Seizure or attack
- -ior: Pertaining to
- -is: No meaning
- -ism: State of
- -itis: Inflammation
- -logist: One who studies and treats; specialist or physician
- -logy: Study of
- -lysis: Loosening, dissolution, or separating
- -malacia: Softening
- -megaly: Enlargement
- -meter: Instrument used to measure
- -oid: Resembling
- -oma: Tumor or swelling
- -opia: Vision condition
- -opsy: View of or viewing
- -osis: Abnormal condition; when used with blood cell roots, indicates increase
- -ous: Pertaining to
- -paresis: Slight paralysis
- -pathy: Disease
- -penia: Abnormal reduction in number
- -pepsia: Digestion
- -pexy: Surgical fixation or suspension
- -phagia: Eating or swallowing
- -phobia: Abnormal fear of or aversion to specific things
- -physis: Growth
- -plasia: Condition of formation, development, or growth
- -plasm: Growth, substance, or formation
- -plasty: Surgical repair
- -plegia: Paralysis
- -pnea: Breathing
- -poiesis: Formation
- -ptosis: Drooping, sagging, or prolapse
- -rrhagia: Rapid flow of blood
- -rrhaphy: Suturing or repair
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