Med Terms Suffixes MT_P1

Suffixes

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-algia

pain

-ase

enzyme

-asis, -esis, -iasis, -isis, -osis

condition; pathological state

-cele

tumor, swelling

-centesis

puncture

-dia

through

-dynia

pain

-ectasis

expansion

-ectomy

surgical removal

-emia

a condition of the blood

-genic

origin

-glycemia

pertaining to blood sugar levels

-itis

inflammation

-lith

stone, calculous

-poiesis, -poietic

production, formation

-stasis

standing still, stable

-pathy

abnormality

-plasty

surgical correction

-ology

study of

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition or process

-uria

urine

-rhage, -rhagia

rupture, bleed

-tomy

incision, cutting, study of structure involving removal of it