Using Suffixes Directions: Write out the meaning for each suffix.

Using

Suffixes

Directions: Write out the meaning for each suffix. Then locate two new terms using

the suffix from later chapters in your text or a medical dictionary (do not use the

examples given in this chapter).

Suffixes

Meaning

New Term

Meaning

1.

-

algia

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2.

-

asthenia

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3.

-

cele

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_____

4.

-

dynia

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5.

-

cytosis

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6.

-

ectasis

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7.

-

edema

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8.

-

emesis

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9.

-

emia

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10.

-

itis

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11.

-

lith

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12.

-

lysis

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__

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13.

-

lytic

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_____

14.

-

malacia

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15.

-

megaly

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16.

-

oma

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_____

17.

-

pathy

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_____

18.

-

penia

_____

__

___

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_____

19.

-

phobia

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_____

_____

20.

-

plegia

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

21.

-

ptosis

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_____

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_____

22.

-

rrhage

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_____

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_____

23.

-

rrhea

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_____

_____

_____

_____

2

4.

-

rrhexis

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

25.

-

sclerosis

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

26.

-

spasm

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

27.

-

stasis

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

28.

-

stenosis

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

29.

-

uria

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

30.

-

clasia

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

31.

-

desis

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

32.

-

ectomy

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_____

_____

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_____

33.

-

ostomy

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

34.

-

otomy

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

35.

-

p

exy

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

36.

-

plasty

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

37.

-

rrhaphy

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

38.

-

tripsy

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

39.

-

centesis

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

40.

-

gram

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

41.

-

graphy

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

42.

-

meter

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

43.

-

metry

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

44.

-

scope

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

45.

-

scopy

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

46.

-

cyte

_____

_

____

_____

_____

_____

47.

-

derma

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

48.

-

esthesia

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

49.

-

kinesia

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

50.

-

opia

_____

_____

_____

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_____

_____

51.

-

osmia

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

52.

-

oxia

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

53.

-

partum

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

54.

-

pepsia

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

55.

-

phagia

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

56.

-

phasia

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

57.

-

pnea

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

58.

-

poiesis

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

59.

-

therapy

_____

_____

_____

_____

_____

60.

-

thorax

_____

_____

_____