Medical Terminology - Suffixes
Medical terminology
- 1.Abnormal condition
- A.
-osis
- B.
-pathy
- C.
-sis
- D.
-ion
- 2.Disease condition
- A.
-pathy
- B.
-sis
- C.
-ion
- D.
-iasis
- 3.State of; condition (any)
- A.
-pathy
- B.
-osis
- C.
-iasis
- D.
-sis
- 4.Excision, removal
- A.
- stomy
- B.
- tomy
- C.
- ectomy
- D.
- scopy
- 5.Process of cutting, incision
- A.
-stomy
- B.
-ectomy
- C.
-tomy
- D.
-pathy
- 6.Pain
- A.
-pathy
- B.
-algia
- C.
- oma
- D.
-ptosis
- 7.Softening
- A.
-dynia
- B.
- malacia
- C.
- stasis
- D.
- penia
- 8.Deficiency
- A.
-trophy
- B.
- plasty
- C.
- penia
- D.
- lysis
- 9.Hardening
- A.
- megaly
- B.
- plasia
- C.
- sclerosis
- D.
-lysis
- 10.Breakdown, destruction
- A.
- lysis
- B.
- trophy
- C.
- stomy
- D.
- trophy
- 11.Drooping, sagging, prolapse
- A.
- lysis
- B.
- atresis
- C.
- ptosis
- D.
- osis
- 12.Stopping, controlling
- A.
- stasis
- B.
- ptosis
- C.
- cele
- D.
- cyte
- 13.Hernia
- A.
- trophy
- B.
- coccus
- C.
- dynia
- D.
- cele
- 14.Tumor, mass
- A.
- ectasis
- B.
- oma
- C.
- plasia
- D.
- tripsy
- 15.Development, growth
- A.
- trophy
- B.
- ectasis
- C.
- emesis
- D.
- tripsy
- 16.New opening to form a mouth
- A.
- ectomy
- B.
- stenosis
- C.
- stomy
- D.
- ectasis
- 17.Resembling
- A.
- oid
- B.
- emesis
- C.
- poietin
- D.
- uria
- 18.Vomiting
- A.
- uria
- B.
- emia
- C.
- emesis
- D.
- stasis
- 19.Stretching, dilation
- A.
- ectasis
- B.
- oid
- C.
- trophy
- D.
- stosis
- 20.Substance that forms
- A.
- tripsy
- B.
- poietin
- C.
- uria
- D.
- malacia
- 21.To crush
- A.
- sclerosis
- B.
- ole
- C.
- megaly
- D.
- tripsy
- 22.Pregnancy
- A.
- cyesis
- B.
- parous
- C.
- rrhea
- D.
- arche
- 23.Discharge
- A.
- tocia
- B.
- rrhea
- C.
- uria
- D.
- emia
- 24.Labor, birth
- A.
- cyesis
- B.
- tocia
- C.
- gravida
- D.
- para
- 25.Formation
- A.
- logy
- B.
- pathy
- C.
- genesis
- D.
- kinesia
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