suffixes pg 2

-ist
- one who specializes
- (internist)
-itis
- inflammation
- (cellulitis)
-ium
- changes word to noun
- (cranium)
-ize
- to make/use, to take
- (anesthetize)
-lapse
- to slide, sag
- (relapse=slide backwards)
-lith

stone
-logist
- one who studies
- (cardiologist)
-logy
- study of
- (cardiology)
-lysis
- destruction
- (osteolysis)
-malacia
- abnormal softening
- (osteomalacia)
-megaly
- enlargement
- (cardiomegaly)
-ole
- small
- (arteriole)
-oma
- tumor, mass
- (carcinoma)
-osis
- abnormal condition
- (cyanosis)
-paresis
- weakness
- (paraparesis=weak lower extremities)
-parous
- give birth
- (multiparous=giving birth to many children)
-partum
- birth, labor
- (postpartum)
-pathy
- disease
- (myopathy=muscle disease)
-penia
- few
- (leukocytopenia)
-phasia
- speech
- (aphasia=lack of speech)
-phobia
- fear
- (photophobia)
-phoria
- feeling, mental state
- (euphoria)
-physis
- to grow
- (symphysis=to grow together)
-plasia
- development, growth
- (dysplasia=abnormal tissue development)

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suffixes pg 2

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NURS 226 quiz 6

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2010-09-27T04:37:52Z

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