Common Medical Suffixes
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Created by:
cahmbrielann on February 2, 2011
Subjects:
medical terminology, cpt, coding and billing, phlebotomy, ekg, moa
Description:
Some of the most common suffixes used in medical-related words.
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31 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 -ac, -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar, -ary | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove a fluid |
| -cyte | cell |
| -emia | blood |
| -gram | recording, writing |
| -ia | state or condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ism | state of or condition of |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -rhage | bursting forth |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument that measures or counts |
| -ole | small |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -oxia | oxygen level |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -rrhage | excess/abnormal flow |
| -spasm | twitch, involuntary muscle movement |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling, standing |
| -tomy | cutting, incision |
| -ule | small |
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