Unit 1 - Suffixes - Medical Terminology -HTHS 1101

no meaning (word ending)

-a

pertaining to (word ending)

-al

pain (suffix)

-algia

pertaining to (word ending)

-ar

pertaining to (word ending)

-ary

hernia (something that sticks out where it shouldn't - suffix)

-cele

puncture (suffix)

-centesis

binding together (suffix)

-desis

pain (suffix)

-dynia

no meaning (word ending)

-e

pertaining to (word ending)

-eal

cutting out of (suffix)

-ectomy

present in blood, indicating disease (suffix)

-emia

process (word ending)

-esis

a drug or condition causing a process (word ending)

-etic

anatomical structure word ending (word ending)

-eum

a record of a test or procedure (suffix)

-gram

a test or procedure (suffix)

-graphy

too much growth (suffix)

-hypertrophy

disease (word ending)

-ia

pertaining to (word ending)

-iac

pertaining to (word ending)

-ial

presence of an abnormality (suffix)

-iasis

pertaining to (word ending)

-ic

anatomical structure word ending (word ending)

-is

inflammation (suffix)

-itis

anatomical structure word ending (word ending)

-ium

stone (suffix)

-lith

one who studies (suffix)

-logist

study of (suffix)

-logy

breaking down; destroying (suffix)

-lysis

softening due to disease (suffix)

-malacia

enlargement due to disease (suffix)

-megaly

looks like; resembles (suffix)

-oid

tumor (suffix)

-oma

unit of anatomical structure (word ending)

-on

process (suffix)

-osis

state of disease (suffix)

-pathy

low levels of (suffix)

penia

surgical fixation (suffix)

-pexy

surgical revision (suffix)

-plasty

creation process (suffix)

-poiesis

drooping (suffix)

-ptosis

bursting forth (suffix)

-rrhage

suturing (suffix)

-rrhaphy

abnormal flow (suffix)

-rrhea

rupture (suffix)

-rrhexis

hardening (suffix)

-scler

instrument for looking inside (suffix)

-scope

the process of looking inside (suffix)

-scopy

involuntary contraction (suffix)

-spasm

creating an opening (or "mouth") with surgery (suffix)

-stomy

cutting (suffix)

-tomy

nourishment, growth (suffix)

-trophy

present in urine, indicating disease (suffix)

-uria

disease (word ending)

-y