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Medical Terminology Suffixes
Bellevue College HPRO120 Suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
01/26/2012
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-clasia
 Definition
surgical fracture
Term
-desis
 Definition
binding or fixation
Term
-listhesis
 Definition
slipping
Term
-lysis
 Definition
separation or destruction
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-globin
 Definition
protein
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-ion
 Definition
action or condition
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-kinesia
 Definition
movement
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-trophy
 Definition
development or nourishment
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-lucent
 Definition
clear or to shine
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-opaque
 Definition
obscure
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-derma
 Definition
skin
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-esis
 Definition
pathological state
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-graft
 Definition
transplantation
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-ia
 Definition
state or condition
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-ize
 Definition
use or subject to
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-ization
 Definition
process of
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-opsy
 Definition
view of
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-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition or abnormal formation
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-plakia
 Definition
plate
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair or reshaping by surgery
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-tome
 Definition
cutting instrument
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-plasia
 Definition
growth or formation (same as -plasm)
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-plasm
 Definition
growth or formation (same as -plasia)
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-plastic
 Definition
forming
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
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-genesis
 Definition
production or generation (adding this suffix creates a noun)
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-gnosis
 Definition
knowing
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-ism
 Definition
state of
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-stasis
 Definition
standing still
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-algia
 Definition
pain (also -dynia)
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-cele
 Definition
hernia or protrusion
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-cise
 Definition
cut
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
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-derma
 Definition
skin
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-dynia
 Definition
pain (also -algia)
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-edema
 Definition
swelling
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-emia
 Definition
blood condition (+ = noun)
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-emic
 Definition
relating to blood (adding this creates a adjective)
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-gen
 Definition
that which produces (adding this suffix creates a noun such as carcinogen)
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-genesis
 Definition
production or generation
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-genic
 Definition
producint (adding creates an adjective)
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-ia
 Definition
state or condition
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-ism
 Definition
state of
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-ion
 Definition
action or condition
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-ization
 Definition
process of
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-ize
 Definition
use or subject to
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-logist
 Definition
one who studies or specialist
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-logy
 Definition
study of
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-lysis
 Definition
separation or destruction (+= noun)
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-lytic
 Definition
separating or destructiong (+= adjective)
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement or large
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-oma
 Definition
tumor or mass
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-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition or abnormal formation
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
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-phobia
 Definition
abnormal fear or aversion
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-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
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-porosis
 Definition
porous
Term
-ptosis
 Definition
drooping
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-rrhagia / -rrhage
 Definition
profuse fluid discharge/ excessive discharge
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-rrhea
 Definition
discharge or flow
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-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
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-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening
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-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing
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-therapy
 Definition
treatment
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-um
 Definition
adding "um" creates singular noun (ex: bacteria/bacterium)
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-uria
 Definition
urine condition or urination
Term
-manometer
 Definition
instrument to measure pressure
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-ole
 Definition
small
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-ule
 Definition
small
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-apheresis
 Definition
removal
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-ase
 Definition
enzyme
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-crit
 Definition
separate
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-cythemia
 Definition
condition involving cells of the blood
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-cytosis
 Definition
more than the normal number of cells
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-globin, -globulin
 Definition
protein
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-lytic
 Definition
separating or destructing
Term
-penia
 Definition
abnormal decrease or deficiency
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-phage
 Definition
eating
Term
-poiesis
 Definition
formation
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-poietin
 Definition
one that forms
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a-, an-
 Definition
without
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macro-
 Definition
large
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end-, endo-
 Definition
within or inner
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per-
 Definition
through
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anti-, ana-
 Definition
against
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-phylaxis
 Definition
protect
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