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Medical Terminology Chapter 6 Suffixes

  1. -algia
    Pain

    -dynia also means pain
  2. -asthenia
    weakness
  3. -cele
    • hernia
    • swelling
    • protrusion
  4. -esthesia
    • sensation
    • perception 
  5. -gram
    a record
  6. -iatry
    • treatment 
    • specialty 
  7. -ic
    pertaining to
  8. -itis
    inflammation
  9. -lepsy 
    seizure
  10. -logist
    one who studies
  11. -lysis
    • to loosen
    • dissolve 
  12. -malacia
    softening
  13. -oid
    resembling 
  14. -paresis
    paralysis ( minor)
  15. -phagia
    eating or swallowing
  16. -phasia
    speaking
  17. -plegia
    paralysis (major)
  18. -troph
    • nourishment
    • development 
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Medical Terminology Chapter 6 Suffixes
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The Nervous System and Mental Health
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