"Medical Terminology" Suffixes Questions and Answers Rated A+

"Medical Terminology" Suffixes Questions and Answers Rated A+ -ac, -al, -ar, ary - ANS- pertaining to (adjectives) -algia, -dynia - ANS- pain -a, an - ANS- not, without -cele - ANS- hernia, swelling -centesis - ANS- surgical puncture -crine - ANS- secrete -cyte - ANS- cell -desis - ANS- binding, fixation of (joint & bone) -ectasia, -ectasis - ANS- dilation, expansion -ectomy - ANS- surgical removal -emesis - ANS- vomit -emia - ANS- pertaining to blood esis, y - ANS- condition (noun) er - ANS- one who (noun) -esthesis - ANS- sensation, feeling -gen, genesis - ANS- forming, producing, origin -gram - ANS- record, writing -graph - ANS- instrument for making records -graphy - ANS- process of recording -gravida - ANS- pregnancy -iasis - ANS- abnormal condition(produced by something specific) ia, -ism, sis - ANS- condition of (noun) ic, ical, ile, ior - ANS- pertaining to (adjectives) -ist, ician - ANS- specialist (noun) ice - ANS- act of doing something (noun) is - ANS- same, equal (noun) -itis - ANS- inflammation -lith - ANS- stone, calculus -logist - ANS- one who studies (noun) -logy, log - ANS- study of -lysis - ANS- separation, destruction, loosening, -malacia - ANS- softening -megaly - ANS- enlargement -meter - ANS- instrument to measure -metry - ANS- process of measuring -oma - ANS- tumor -opia - ANS- eye, vision -ous, ory, tic, eal - ANS- pertaining to (adjective) -osis - ANS- abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells) -pathy - ANS- disease -penia - ANS- lack of, deficiency -pexy - ANS- fixation of an organ -phagia - ANS- eating, swallowing -phobia - ANS- fear -plasty - ANS- surgical repair -plegia - ANS- paralysis -pnea - ANS- breathing -ptosis - ANS- drooping, displacement downward -rrhage, rrhagia - ANS- bursting forth