Medical Suffixes - Statistics

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Answer Stats
Suffix Definition % Correct
-cyte cell
50%
-ac, -ous pertaining to
38%
-al, -ar, -ary, -ory pertaining to
38%
-ic, -ical, -ile pertaining to
38%
-phobia fear
25%
-algesia, -algia, -odynia pain
25%
-malacia softening
25%
-oma tumor
25%
-pnea breathing
13%
-tripsy crushing
13%
-megaly enlargement
13%
-ase enzyme
13%
-sclerosis hardening
13%
-plegia paralysis
13%
-rhexis rupture
13%
-lepsy seizure
13%
-esthesia, -esthesi/o sensation
13%
-phasia speech
13%
-uresis urination
13%
-phonia voice
13%
-edema accummulation of fluid, swelling
0%
-tropic acting on, affecting
0%
-graphy act of recording data
0%
-philic attracting, absorbing
0%
-desis binding, fusion
0%
-some body, small body
0%
-clasis, -clasia breaking
0%
irhage, -rhagia bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage
0%
-ia, -ia/sis, -ism, -o/sis, -y condition of
0%
-sis condition of
0%
-emia condition of blood
0%
-hemia condition of blood
0%
-spermia condition of sperm
0%
-opia condition of the eye, vision
0%
-uria condition of urine, urination
0%
-opsia condition of vision
0%
-necrosis death of tissue
0%
-penia decrease in, deficiency of
0%
-ectasia, -ectasis dilation, dilatation, distension
0%
-pathy disease, any disease of
0%
-lytic dissolving, reducing, loosening
0%
-ptosis dropping, downward displacement, prolapse
0%
-scopy examination of
0%
-mania excited state, obsession
0%
-ectomy exision, surgical removal
0%
-dilation, -dilatation expansion, widening
0%
-trophy, -trophia feeding, growth, nourishment
0%
-schisis fissure, splitting
0%
-rhea flow, discharge
0%
-plasia formation, molding, development
0%
-poiesis formation, production
0%
-hemi half, one side
0%
-cele hernia, localized dilation
0%
-itis imflammation
0%
-blast immature cell, productive cell, embryonic cell
0%
-tomy incision, cutting
0%
-tome instrument for incising or cutting
0%
-meter instrument for measuring
0%
-graph instrument for recording data
0%
-scope instrument for viewing or examining
0%
-capnia level of carbon dioxide
0%
-oxia level of oxygen
0%
-form like, resembling
0%
-oid like, resembling
0%
-metry measurement of
0%
-iatrics, -iatry, -ics medical specialty
0%
-mimetic mimicking, simulating
0%
-stenosis narrowing, constriction
0%
-gen, -genesis origin, formation
0%
-paresis partial paralysis, weakness
0%
-plasty plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction
0%
-toxin poison
0%
-agogue promoter, stimulator
0%
-centesis puncture, tap
0%
-lexia reading
0%
-gram record of data
0%
-osmia sense of smell
0%
-geusia sense of taste
0%
-lysis separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction
0%
-lithesis slipping
0%
-ian, -ist specialist
0%
-lalia speech, babble
0%
-logy study of
0%
-spasm sudden contraction, cramp
0%
-ose sugar
0%
-stasis suppression, stoppage
0%
-stomy surgical creation of an opening
0%
-pexy surgical fixation
0%
-rhaphy surgical repair, surture
0%
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