Med. Terminology/ Suffixes II
Terms
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- -stasis
- standing still
- -itis
- inflammation
- -metry
- act of measuring
- -oid
- resembling
- -ism
- condition
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- -graphy
- process of recording
- -pexy
- suspension, fixation (of an organ)
- -desis
- binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
- -para
- to bear (offspring)
- -paresis
- partial paralysis
- -plegia
- paralysis
- -poiesis
- formation, production
- -clasis
- break, fracture
- -osis
- abnormal condition (related to blood cells)
- -lysis
- separation, destruction, loosening
- -iasis
- abnormal condition (due to something specified)
- -spasm
- involuntary reaction
- -stenosis
- narrowing
- -meter
- instrument for measuring
- -logist
- specialist in the study of
- -phobia
- fear
- -genesis
- forming, producing, origin
- -gnosis
- knowing
- -gram
- a written record
- -graph
- instrument for recording
- -pathy
- disease