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What a Suffix Does to a Term
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A suffix determines what kind of thing a medical term names: a condition, a procedure, an instrument, or a specialty.
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The root cardi names the heart. Carditis is a disease, cardiectomy a surgery, cardiology a field of study.
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The root never changes what kind of term it is. That is the suffix's work alone.
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- 0062-itis: Inflammation
- 0065-pathy: Disease
- 0066-algia: Pain
- 0068-megaly: Enlargement
- 0069-malacia: Softening
- 0071-stenosis: Narrowing
- 0073-ptosis: Drooping
- 0074-rrhagia: Bursting Forth
- 0078-emia: Blood Condition
- 0081-lith: Stone
- 0083-spasm: Involuntary Contraction
- 0084-genesis: Origin or Production
- 0086-trophy: Development
- 0088-ectomy: Excision
- 0091-plasty: Surgical Repair
- 0094-centesis: Surgical Puncture
- 0095-scopy: Visual Examination
- 0097-graphy: Process of Recording
- 0100-metry: Measurement
- 0102-therapy: Treatment
- 0103-logy: Study Of
- 0105Suffixes Meaning "Pertaining To"
- 0107-oid: Resembling
- 0108-ia: Condition
- 0261derm/o and dermat/o: Skin
- 0321oste/o: Bone
- 0357-physis: Growth
- 0401cardi/o: Heart
- 0427-globin: Protein
- 0429-stasis: Stopping or Controlling
- 0489-phylaxis: Protection
- 0539-pnea: Breathing
- 0581or/o: Mouth
- 0611-pepsia: Digestion
- 0671-uria: Urine Condition
- 0672-lysis: Breakdown
- 0698-arche: Beginning
- 0751neur/o: Nerve
- 0781-opia: Vision Condition
- 0790-acusis: Hearing Condition
- 0802-phobia: Fear
- 0808-orexia: Appetite
- 0865-crine: To Secrete
- 0866-tropin: Stimulating Hormone
- 0909-plasm: Formation or Growth