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What does the suffix 'al' mean?

pertaining to

What does the suffix 'algia' refer to?

pain

What does the suffix 'ary' mean?

pertaining to

What does the suffix 'blast' signify?

<p>embryonic, immature</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'centesis' mean?

<p>surgical puncture to remove fluid</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'cele' refer to?

<p>hernia</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'cyte' mean?

<p>cell</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'coccus' or 'cocci' refer to?

<p>berry shaped bacterium</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'crine' mean?

<p>to secrete</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'drome' signify?

<p>to run</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'dynia' refer to?

<p>pain</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'eal' mean?

<p>pertaining to</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'ectomy' signify?

<p>excision, removal</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'emia' refer to?

<p>blood condition</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'er' mean?

<p>one who</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'fusion' signify?

<p>coming together; to pour</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'gen' mean?

<p>substance that produces</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'genesis' refer to?

<p>condition of producing, forming</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'genic' mean?

<p>pertaining to producing, produced by or in</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'gram' signify?

<p>record</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'graph' refer to?

<p>instrument of recording</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'graphy' mean?

<p>process of recording</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'ia' signify?

<p>condition</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'iac' mean?

<p>pertaining to</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'ic' or 'ical' refer to?

<p>pertaining to</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'ior' mean?

<p>pertaining to</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'ism' signify?

<p>process, condition</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'ist' refer to?

<p>specialist</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'itis' mean?

<p>inflammation</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'lapse' signify?

<p>to fall, slide, sag</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'logy' mean?

<p>study of</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'lysis' refer to?

<p>destruction, breakdown, separation</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'malacia' mean?

<p>softening</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'megaly' signify?

<p>enlargement</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'meter' mean?

<p>to measure</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'mission' refer to?

<p>to send</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'oid' signify?

<p>resembling, derived from</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'ole' mean?

<p>little, small</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'oma' refer to?

<p>tumor, mass, swelling</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'or' mean?

<p>one who</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'ose' signify?

<p>pertaining to, full of</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'osis' refer to?

<p>condition, usually abnormal</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'ous' mean?

<p>pertaining to</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'opsy' signify?

<p>to view</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'oxia' mean?

<p>oxygen</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'partum' signify?

<p>birth, labor</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'pathy' refer to?

<p>disease condition</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'penia' mean?

<p>deficiency</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'phobia' signify?

<p>fear</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'phoria' mean?

<p>to bear, carry, feeling (mental state)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'physis' signify?

<p>to grow</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'plasia' mean?

<p>development, formation, growth</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'plasm' signify?

<p>formation</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'plasty' refer to?

<p>surgical repair</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'pnea' mean?

<p>breathing</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'ptosis' signify?

<p>drooping, falling, prolapse</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'rrhea' refer to?

<p>flow, discharge</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'sclerosis' mean?

<p>hardening</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'somes' refer to?

<p>bodies</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'stasis' signify?

<p>controlling, stopping</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'stomy' mean?

<p>opening to form a mouth (stoma)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'tomy' signify?

<p>process of cutting, incision</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'trophy' refer to?

<p>development, nourishment</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'type' mean?

<p>classification</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'ule' signify?

<p>little, small</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'um' or 'ium' refer to?

<p>structure, tissue</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'us' mean?

<p>structure, substance</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'y' signify?

<p>condition, process</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'ase' refer to?

<p>enzyme</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'chezia' mean?

<p>defecation, elimination of wastes</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'iasis' signify?

<p>abnormal condition</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'prandial' refer to?

<p>meal</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'ectasis' mean?

<p>dilation</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'ectasia' signify?

<p>(dilatation), widening</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'emesis' mean?

<p>vomiting</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'pepsia' signify?

<p>digestion</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'phagia' mean?

<p>eating, swallowing</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'ptysis' signify?

<p>spitting</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'rrhage' or 'rrhagia' mean?

<p>bursting forth</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'rrhaphy' signify?

<p>suture</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'spasm' mean?

<p>involuntary contraction of muscles</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'tresia' signify?

<p>opening</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'apheresis' mean?

<p>removal, a carrying away</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'cytosis' signify?

<p>abnormal condition of cells (increase in cells)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'globin' or 'globulin' mean?

<p>protein</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'lytic' signify?

<p>pertaining to destruction</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'phage' mean?

<p>eat, swallow</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'philia' refer to?

<p>attraction for (an increase in cell numbers)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'phoresis' mean?

<p>carrying, transmission</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'poiesis' signify?

<p>formation</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Suffixes in Medical Terminology

  • Suffixes are essential components of medical words, providing critical information about various conditions, processes, and anatomical relationships.

Common Suffixes and Their Meanings

  • -algia: Refers to pain (e.g., neuralgia).
  • -ary & -al: Indicate "pertaining to" (e.g., pulmonary, coronary).
  • -blast: Denotes embryonic or immature cells (e.g., osteoblast).
  • -centesis: Surgical puncture to remove fluid (e.g., amniocentesis).
  • -cele: Signifies a hernia (e.g., cystocele).
  • -cyte: Represents a cell (e.g., erythrocyte).
  • -coccus/cocci: Indicates berry-shaped bacteria (e.g., streptococcus).
  • -crine: Means to secrete (e.g., endocrine).
  • -drome: Implies to run (e.g., syndrome).
  • -dynia: Another term for pain (e.g., gastrodynia).
  • -ectomy: Refers to excision or removal of a part (e.g., appendectomy).
  • -emia: Indicates a blood condition (e.g., anemia).
  • -gen: Refers to substances that produce (e.g., carcinogen).
  • -genic: Pertains to something produced by or in (e.g., pathogenic).
  • -graph: Instrument for recording (e.g., electrocardiograph).
  • -graphy: Process of recording (e.g., radiography).
  • -ia: Indicates a condition (e.g., pneumonia).
  • -itis: Refers to inflammation (e.g., arthritis).
  • -lysis: Denotes destruction or breakdown (e.g., hemolysis).
  • -megaly: Signifies enlargement (e.g., splenomegaly).
  • -osis: Usually indicates an abnormal condition (e.g., fibrosis).
  • -plasty: Surgical repair or reconstruction (e.g., rhinoplasty).
  • -sclerosis: Refers to hardening (e.g., arteriosclerosis).
  • -trophy: Indicates development or nourishment (e.g., hypertrophy).
  • -uria: Refers to a condition relating to urine (e.g., hematuria).

Specific Conditions and Processes

  • -phobia: Describes an abnormal fear (e.g., arachnophobia).
  • -ptosis: Refers to drooping or falling (e.g., blepharoptosis).
  • -rrhage/rrhagia: Indicates bursting forth, typically of blood (e.g., hemorrhage).
  • -stomy: Refers to an opening to form a mouth (e.g., colostomy).
  • -tomy: Implies the process of cutting or incision (e.g., laparotomy).
  • -phagia: Means eating or swallowing (e.g., dysphagia).
  • -phoresis: Denotes carrying or transmission (e.g., iontophoresis).
  • -plegia: Refers to paralysis (e.g., hemiplegia).
  • -rrhea: Signifies flow or discharge (e.g., diarrhea).

Additional Suffix Meanings

  • -pathy: Indicates a disease condition (e.g., neuropathy).
  • -penia: Refers to deficiency (e.g., leukopenia).
  • -osia: Indicates condition, usually abnormal (e.g., endocarditis).
  • -oma: Refers to a tumor or mass (e.g., melanoma).
  • -pnea: Relates to breathing (e.g., apnea).
  • -soma: Denotes bodies or structures (e.g., ribosome).

Understanding these suffixes aids in deciphering medical terminology, contributing significantly to effective communication in healthcare settings.

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