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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThere are many suffixes you\u2019ll encounter throughout your medical career. After you review the list below, we highly recommend reading our top tips on learning medical terminology<\/a> to maximize your understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This medical suffix stands for pain. Two examples are cephalgia (headache) and neuralgia (nerve pain).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ectasia is also called ectasis. It means stretching, dilation, or enlargement. Gastrectasia, for example, means stretching or dilation of the stomach. Another example is bronchiectasis, the chronic dilation of the bronchi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The suffix means surgical removal. Your two examples of -ectomy are hysterectomy and appendectomy: the surgical removal of the uterus and the removal of the appendix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The definition of -itis is disease or inflammation. A common example is bronchitis, the inflammation of the bronchial tubes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n This suffix means production or formation. Osteogenesis is the formation of bone, and pathogenesis is the development of a disease.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gravida is a reproductive term representing pregnancy. It\u2019s to describe the number of pregnancies someone has had. Nulligravida is a person with no pregnancies, multigravida is multiple pregnancies, and primigravida means first pregnancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is common in immune system terms. It means deficiency, lack, or too few. Two examples are leukopenia and osteopenia. Leukopenia is a decrease in white blood cells, and osteopenia is a decrease in bone density.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Defined as fixation, an example of -pexy is cystopexy, fixing the bladder in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A surgical term for correction or repair, an example of this suffix is a rhinoplasty, also known as nasal reconstruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s a respiratory term! -pnea means breath or breathing. You may know the most common example for this suffix\u2014sleep apnea, a sleep disorder where breathing stops temporarily and restarts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sutures! Herniorraphy is an example of this medical suffix. It\u2019s the surgical repair of the hernia using sutures.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n -rrhexis is a rupture. For example, splennorrhexis is the rupture of the spleen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Known as standing still or standing, homeostasis is the most prevalent example of this medical suffix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A stomy is a surgical opening made in the human body. A colostomy, for example, is an opening in the colon that allows stool to drain into a bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n -trophy is growth or nourishment. Therefore, atrophy is when a body part, tissue, organ, or cell decreases in size. Picmonic helps healthcare students learn medical terms quickly and easily. It\u2019s a research-proven study tool that thousands of healthcare students leverage to remember more in less time. Alongside study aids and quizzes, Picmonic features more than 300 medical terminology mnemonics to help you dominate your courses and exams!<\/p>\n\n\n\n1. -algia<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
2. -ectasia or -ectasis<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
3. -ectomy<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
4. -itis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
5. -genesis<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
6. -gravida<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
7. -penia<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
8. -pexy\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
9. -plasty<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
10. -pnea<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
11. -rrhaphy<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
12. -rrhexis<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
13. -stasis<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
14. -stomy<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
15. -trophy<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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