What are some examples of suffixes in medical terminology?

• -cele = Hernia or Swelling.
• -genic = Caused/Produced by.
• -ism = Medical Condition, Disease, or Process.
• -ologist = Specialist or a person who studies and has knowledge of a particular area of study.
• -ology = Study of.
• -oma = Tumor or Growth.
• -pathy = Disease.
• -osis = Condition.

What are some examples of prefixes and suffixes?

• He became a superstar overnight.
• This is a unsafe place for little children
• She is an atheist
• They won’t disappear

What does the prefix a mean in medical terminology?

• a- A prefix meaning “without” or “not” when forming an adjective (such as amorphous, without form, or atypical, not typical), and “absence of” when forming a noun (such as arrhythmia, absence of rhythm). Before a vowel or h it becomes an- (as in anhydrous, anoxia).

What is a suffix list?

• The Public Suffix List is a list of all known public suffixes. The Public Suffix List is an initiative of Mozilla, but is maintained as a community resource. It is available for use in any software, but was originally created to meet the needs of browser manufacturers. It allows browsers to, for example:

What does the suffix - sis mean in medical terminology?

• “sis"- a suffix in Greek derived nouns which usually denotes action, process, state or any condition or sometimes disease progress. In medical terminology, it defines any medical condition or progress of any disease so they use the suffix to denote that medical condition or disease.