Words for Disease Used As Suffixes - Table 3-4

Table 3-4 - AAPC

dilation, dilatation

expansion, widening

ectasia, ectasis

dilation, dilatation, distension

edema

accumulation of fluid, swelling

lysis

separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction

malacia

softening

necrosis

death of tissue

ptosis

dropping, downward, displacement, prolapse

sclerosis

hardening

spasm

sudden contraction, cramp

stasis

suppression, stoppage

stenosis

narrowing, constriction

toxin

poison