Appendix III Prefixes and Suffixes Used in Medical Terminology

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-(o)rraphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . repair of -(o)rrhea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . flow; discharge -osis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . condition (of) -(o)stomy . . . . . . . . . . . creation of an opening -(o)tomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cutting into -ous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pertaining to -para . . . . . . . . . . . . . births (viable offspring) -pathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . disease -penia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . decreased number -phagia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . eating; swallowing -pheresis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . removal -philia . . . . . . . . . . . . . attraction for; increase -phobia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fear; dread -phonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . voice; sound -phoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . feeling (mental state) -phylaxis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . protection -physis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . grow; growth -plasia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . formation; growth -plasty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . form; build up -plegia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . paralysis -pnea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . breathing -porosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . passage -ptosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . drooping; falling -rrhea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . discharge; flow -sclerosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . hardening -scope . . . . . . . . . . instrument used to examine -scopy. . . . . . . . . . examination (usually visual) -spasm . . . . . . . . . . . . . contraction of muscles -stalsis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . constriction -stasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . control; stop -static . . . . . . . . . . . . . . stopping; controlling -stenosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . tightening; stricture -sthenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . strength -therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . treatment -thermy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . heat -tic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pertaining to -tome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . instrument to cut -tomy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . process of cutting; incision -tresia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . opening -tropic; -trophy . . . . . . . . . . . growth; nutrition -ule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . little; small -uric; -uria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . urine -y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . condition; process AIII-5

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