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MP 2, General Suffix Review

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  • What does the suffix -ist mean?
    specialist
  • In the term "neoplasm", what does the suffix -plasm mean?
    formation, development (noun)
  • Which suffix means inflammation?
    -itis
  • What suffix means destruction?
    -lysis
  • What does the suffix -therapy mean?
    treatment
  • What does the suffix -ectasis mean?
    dilation or expansion
  • Which suffix means surgical removal?
    -ectomy
  • What does the suffix -centesis mean?
    puncture to withdraw fluid
  • In the term psychiatry, what does the suffix -iatry mean?
    medical treatment
  • In the term venule, the suffix -ule means:
    small
  • What does the suffix "-iasis" mean?
    abnormal condition
  • In the term mucoid, what does the suffix -oid mean?
    resembling
  • What suffix means 'rupture"?
    -rrhexis
  • Which suffix means a specialist in the study of something?
    -logist (ologist)
  • What suffix means "the study of"
    -logy (ology)
  • What does the suffix -rrhage mean?
    excessive, abnormal flow
  • What does the suffix -rrhagia mean?
    condition of abnormal flow/discharge
  • What suffix means tumor?
    -oma
  • What does the suffix -plasty mean?
    surgical repair
  • What does the suffix -rrhaphy mean?
    to suture
  • What does the suffix -pexy mean?
    surgical fixation
  • What does the suffix -lytic mean?
    substance that causes destruction
  • Which suffix means abnormal softening?
    -malacia
  • What does the suffix -pathy mean?
    disease
  • What does the suffix -graph mean?
    instrument for recording
  • What suffix means "abnormal enlargement"
    -megaly
  • What does the suffix -cyte mean?
    cell
  • What does the suffix -rrhea mean?
    flow or discharge
  • What does the suffix -graphy mean?
    process of recording
  • Which suffix means abnormal hardening?
    -sclerosis
  • Which suffix means drooping?
    -ptosis
  • Which suffix means surgical incision?
    -otomy
  • What does the suffix -ism mean?
    state of/condition of
  • Which suffix means to create an artificial opening via surgery?
    -ostomy
  • What suffix means abnormal condition?
    -osis
  • The suffixes -algia and -dynia mean:
    pain
  • Which suffix means abnormal narrowing?
    -stenosis
  • In the term cystocele, what does the suffix -cele mean?
    hernia, protrusion
  • In the term osteogenesis, what does the suffix -genesis mean?
    production, generates (used more commonly as a verb)
  • The suffixes -ac, -al, -ic, -and um mean:
    pertaining to
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