"The Anatomy of Medical Terminology"
by Lewis Stiles

INDEX 1: TERMINATIONS


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NOTE: Because of their comparative rarity and diversity, the inflectional and participial endings presented in Chapter 20 are not included in this Index. For the same reasons, only the most frequently found nominative and possessive endings are included. For adjectives formed regularly from terminations which are themselves nouns, see Chapter 1 Note ii. above.


- A -

-a   (1)    (nominative singular feminine)    1.83 and 86 and B.v.a.

     (2)    a collection of    5.B.i.b.

     (3)    (nominative plural neuter)    6.23

-ac  (1)    pertaining to    1.9

     (2)    one who    11.B.i.b.

-ac/a, -ac/um, -ac/us    pertaining to    1.9 and B.v.a.

-ad  (1)    toward    14.20 and B.i.b.

     (2)    from (x) to     14.21 and B.i.b.

-ae  (1)    (nominative plural feminine)    6.22

     (2)    (possessive singular feminine)    14.33 and B.ii.c.

-agog/u/e    something which stimulates (the flow of)    19.52

-agr/a    gouty pain in    1.36

-al, -al/e    pertaining to    1.2 and B.v.b.

-alg/ia    pain in(volving)    1.26 and B.iv.a.(ii)(c)

-al/is    pertaining to    1.2 and B.v.b.

-an, -an/a    pertaining to    1.7 and B.v.a.

-an/esthes/ia    the loss of perception of    11.29

-an/um, -an/us    pertaining to    1.7 and B.v.a.

-ap/her/es/is    the removal of    8.28

-ar, -ar/e, -ar/is    pertaining to    1.5 and 6 and B.v.b.

-arum    (possessive plural feminine)    17.91 and B.iv. and v.

-ar/y    pertaining to    1.5
    
-a/sthen/ia    the lack of strength of    1.50

-atim    (adverbial ending)    20.35

-a/tres/ia    the lack of a normal opening in    18.17

-a/troph/y    the lack of growth of    1.49

-aux/e,  -aux/is    the enlargement of    8.19 and B.i.a.
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- B -

-blast    an immature cell of    19.47

- C -

-camp    an instrument for bending    8.31

-camps/ia  (1)    [therapeutic] the bending of    8.30

           (2)    [diagnostic] the curvature of    8.30

-cel/e     (1)    the protrusion of (something through)    1.39 and
                  B.iv.a.(ii)(b)

           (2)    the protrusion of (something through) (x)
                  involving    5.B.i.a.

-cent/es/is    the surgical puncturing of    1.55

-chys/is    the injection of fluid into    8.29

-cid/al    destructive to    18.34

-cid/e    a substance destructive to    18.33

-cin/es/is    the movement of    3.B.i.b.

-cirrh/os/is    the hardening of    8.20

-clas/is    the breaking of    1.18

-clast    something which breaks    1.72

-clast/ic    p.t. the breaking of    1.B.ii.b.

-cleis/is    the closure of    8.21

-clys/is    the irrigation of    19.51

-cul/a, -cul/um, -cul/us  (diminutive)    6.27; 16.B.iii.

-cyt/e    a cell of    2.5
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- D -

-(di)dym/us    a fetus with duplication involving    18.18 and B.ii.a.

-dys/plas/ia    the defective formation of    1.46

-dys/troph/y    the defective growth of    1.48

- E -

-e  (1)    (noun)    1.A.i.d. and ii.b.(i)

    (2)    (neuter singular nominative)    1.2, 5 and 6 and B.v.b.;
           17.B.vi.c.(i)(c)

-e/a, -e/um, -e/us    pertaining to    1.86 and B.v.a.

-ec/tas/ia    the distention of    1.44

-ec/tat/ic    p.t. the distention of    1.B.ii.c.(i)

-ec/tom/e    an instrument for cutting out    1.70

-ec/tom/y    the cutting out of     1.58

-ec/top/ia    the displacement of     1.43

-edema    the swelling of    1.38

-edemat/ous    p.t. the swell of    1.B.ii.c.(i)

-elc/os/is    the ulceration of    8.22

-ell/us, -ell/a, -ell/um  (diminutive)    6.28; 16.B.iii.

-em/es/is    the vomiting of    18.8

-em/ia  (1)    the abnormal presence of blood in    5.1

        (2)    the abnormal presence (of x) in the blood    5.B.iii.a. and d.

-em/ic    p.t. (x)-em/ia    5.B.iii.a.(ii)

-en/chys/is    the injection of fluid into    8.29

-es  (1)    (nominative plural masculine and feminine)    6.24

     (2)    ([rarely] nominative singular masculine)    18.B.v.a.

-es/is    (noun)    1.A.ii.a.(i)(b) and B.i.c.

-esthes/ia    the perception of    11.28

-et/ic    pertaining to    1.B.ii.b.
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- F -

-fer/ous    bearing    8.23

-form    resembling    19.44

-fug/al    moving away from    19.45

- G -

-gen    a substance which produces    1.74

-gen/es/is    the production of    1.23

-gen/ic  (1)    producing    1.79 and B.iv.b. and c.

         (2)    [rarely] produced by    18.B.iv.a.

-gen/ous    produced by    1.80 and B.iv.b. and c.

-gog/u/e    something which stimulates (the flow of)    19.52

-gram    a record of    1.77

-graph    an instrument for recording    1.76

-graph/y    the recording of    1.64; 6.B.i.b.

-grav/id/a    a woman pregnant for the (x-th) time    15.35 and B.v.a.
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- H -

-helc/os/is    the ulceration of    8.22

-hem/ia  (1)    the abnormal presence of blood in    5.1

         (2)    the abnormal presence (of x) in the blood    5.B.iii.a. and d.

-hem/ic    p.t. (x)-hem/ia    5.B.iii.a.(ii)

- I -

-i   (1)    (nominative plural masculine)    6.21

     (2)    (possessive singular masculine and neuter)    14.32 and B.ii.c.

-ia  (1)    an abnormal condition involving   1.11 and A.ii.a.(i)(c) and B.i.c.

     (2)    (nominative plural masculine)    6.25

-ias/is    the abnormal presence of    1.17

-iatr/y    the healing of    1.52

-ic, -ic/a    pertaining to    1.3 and B.v.a.

-ic/al    pertaining to    1.B.iv.d.

-ic/s    the science of    1.60

-i/cul/a, -i/cul/um, -i/cul/us  (diminutive)    6.27; 16.B.iii.

-ic/um, -ic/us    pertaining to    1.3 and B.v.a.

-i/fer/ous    bearing    8.23

-i/form    resembling    19.44

-i/fug/al    moving away from    19.45

-i/grav/id/a    a woman pregnant for the (x-th) time    15.35 and B.v.a.

-ill/a, -ill/um, -ill/us  (diminutive)    6.29; 16.B.iii.

-im    (adverbial ending)    20.35

-im/a, -im/um, -im/a    (superlative)    17.B.ii.

-in    a substance (which does the action) of    1.13 and B.iv.a.(i)(c)

-in/a, -in/e, -in/um, -in/us    pertaining to    1.8 and B.v.a.

-io, ion/es    (noun)    17.B.vi.c.(i)(b)

-ior, -ior/a, -ior/es    (comparative adjective    14.30 and 31 and B.ii.a. and
                         b. and e.(ii); 17.B.ii.c.

-i/par/a    a woman who has borne (x) children    15.33 and B.v.a.

-i/par/ous    bearing (x) offspring    15.34

-i/pet/al    moving toward    19.46

-is   (1)    (noun)    1.A.i.d. and ii.a.(i)(a) and (ii)(a) and B.i.c.

      (2)    (nominative singular masculine and feminine)    1.2, 5 and 6 and
             B.v.b. and 2.B.vi.(a)

      (3)    (possessive singular, all genders)    14.34 and B.ii.c.

-ism  (1)    (noun)    1.A.i.d.
      (2)    a condition caused by the malfunction of    5.B.ii.a.

-ism/us    a spasm of    1.42

-iss/im/a, -iss/im/um, -iss/im/us    17.B.ii.

-ist  (1)    one who does (the action of)    1.12 and B.iv.a.(i)(b)

      (2)    one who specializes in    1.12 and B.iv.a.(i)(b)

-itas, -itat/es, -itat/is    (noun)    17.B.vi.c.(i)(a)

-it/id/es    several conditions involving the inflammation of    7.B.ii.

-it/is    the inflammation of    1.14

-ium    (possessive plural, all genders)    17.92 and B.iv. and v.

-ius    (comparative adjective; nominative singular neuter)    14.30;
        17.B.ii.c.

-iz/e    to do (the action of)    1.1 and B.iv.a.(i)(a)
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- K -

-kin/es/is    the movement of    1.25

-kleis/is    the closure of    8.B.i.a.

- L -

-lagn/ia    sexual gratification involving    11.31

-leps/y    a seizure of    11.30

-lith    a calculus in(volving)    1.40 and B.iv.(ii)(c)

-lith/o/tom/y    the cutting out of a calculus in(volving)    9.B.ii.a.

-log/y    the study of    1.61

-lys/is  (1)    [diagnostic] the disintegration of    1.66; 12.B.i.b.

         (2)    [therapeutic] the separation of the adhesions of 1.66

-lyze    ("lys/is" plus "ize")    5.B.v.
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- M -

-malac/ia    the softening of    1.31

-man/ia    a morbid fondness for    11.25

-man/i/ac  (1)    one with a morbid fondness for    11.27 and B.i.b.

           (2)    pt a morbid fondness for    11.27

-man/ic    pertaining to a morbid fondness for    11.26

-megal/y    the enlargement of    1.21

-men/ia    vicarious menstruation from    10.35

-meter    an instrument for measuring    1.78

-metr/y    the measurement of    1.63

- N -

-necr/os/is    the death of    1.32

-ns, -nt/es, -nt/ia, -nt/is    (adjective)    17.B.vi.b.
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- O -

-o    (nominative singular noun)    3.B.iii.d.(ii)

-odyn/ia    pain in(volving)    1.27 and B.iv.(ii)(c)

-oid, -oid/e/a, -oid/e/um/, -oid/e/us  resembling    1.10 and B.v.a.; 8.B.ii.a.

-ol/a    (diminutive)    6.30; 16.B.iii.

-o/log/y    the study of    1.61

-ol/um, -ol/us    (diminutive)    6.30; 16.B.iii.

-oma, -omat-    a tumor involving    12.73

-on  (1)    (nominative singular neuter)    1.85 and B.v.c.

     (2)    the/a (part of)    4.B.i.b.

     (3)    a collection of    5.B.i.b.

-onc/us    a tumor involving    12.74

-op/ia, -ops/ia    a visual disorder involving    18.52

-o/pt/os/is    the downward displacement of    1.35

-or, -or/es, -or/ia, -or/is    (adjective)    17.vi.b.

-o/rrhag/ia    the rapid flowing of (something from)    1.30 and B.iv.a.(ii)(a)

-o/rrhaph/y    the suturing of    1.56

-o/rrhe/a    the flowing of (something from)    1.37 and B.iv.a.(ii)(a)

-o/rrhex/is    the rupturing of    1.15

-orum    (possessive plural masculine and neuter)    17.90 and B.iv. and v.

-os/a    pertaining to    1.4 and B.v.a.

-os/is    an abnormal condition involving    1.19 and A.ii.a.(i)(c)

-o/stom/a    an opening made in    9.45

-o/stom/y  (1)    the making of an opening in    1.59

           (2)    the making of an opening between    5.B.iii.e.

           (3)    an opening made in    9.B.ii.c.

-ost/os/is    the ossification of    3.1 and B.ii.e.

-os/um, -os/us    pertaining to    1.4 and B.v.a.

-o/tom/e    an instrument for cutting    1.69

-o/tom/y    the cutting of    1.57

-ous    pertaining to    1.4
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- P -

-pag/us    a twin fetus joined at    18.17 and B.ii.a.

-par/a    a woman who has borne (x) children    15.33 and B.v.a.

-par/ous    bearing (x) offspring    15.34

-path    one with a disease of    1.75

-path/y    a disease of    1.20

-pect/ic    p.t. (x-o)-pex/y    1.B.ii.c.(ii)

-pen/ia    a deficiency of    1.29

-pet/al    moving toward    19.46

-pex/y   (1)    [diagnostic] the adhesion of    1.65

         (2)    [therapeutic] the fixation of    1.65; 12.B.i.b.

-phag/e    a cell which ingests    1.68

-phag/y  (1)    the ingestion of    1.22 and B.iv.a.(ii)(d)

         (2)    the eating of    1.22 and B.iv.a.(ii)(d)

-phil    something with an affinity for     11.23

-phil/e    one with a morbid fondness for    11.22

-phil/ia    a morbid fondness for     11.20

-phil/i/ac  (1)    one with a morbid fondness for    11.24 and B.i.b.

            (2)    [in psychology] p.t. a morbid fondness for    11.24

            (3)    [in physiology] having an affinity for     11.24

-phil/ic    (1)       [in psychology] p.t. a morbid fondness for    11.21

            (2)    [in physiology] having an affinity for     11.21

-phob/e    one with a morbid dread of     11.19

-phob/ia    a morbid dread of    11.18

-phylax/is    the protection of    19.49

-plas/ia    the formation of     1.45

-plast/y    the surgical repairing of     1.54

-plast/ic    p.t. (x-o-)plast/y or (x-o-)plas/ia    5.B.iii.b.

-pleg/ia    the paralysis of    1.28

-poi/es/is    the formation of    1.24

-pt/os/is    the downward displacement of    1.35
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- Q -

-que    and    20.28

- R -

-rrhag/ia    the rapid flowing of (something from)    1.30 and B.iv.a.(ii)(b)

-rrhaph/y    the suturing of    1.56

-rrhe/a    the flowing of (something from)    1.37 and B.iv.a.(ii)(b)

-rrhect/ic    p.t. (x-o-)rrhex/is    1.B.ii.c.(ii)

-rrhex/is    the rupturing of    1.15
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- S -

-s    (nominative singular)    2.B.vi.b.; 3.B.i.a.(iii)

-schis/is    the splitting of    1.16

-scler/os/is    the hardening of    1.34

-scop/e    an instrument for examining    1.71

-scop/y    the examination of    1.62

-spasm    a spasm of    1.41

-spast/ic    p.t. a spasm of    1.B.ii.c.(i)

-stas/is    the stopping of    1.53

-stat    an instrument for stopping    1.73

-stax/is    the oozing of (something from)    19.50

-sten/os/is    the narrowing of    1.33

-stom/a    an opening made in    9.45

-stom/y  (1)    the making of an opening in    1.59

         (2)    the making of an opening between    5.B.iii.e.

         (3)    an opening made in    9.B.ii.c.
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- T -

-tax/is    the coordination of    19.48

-therap/y    treatment by means of    1.51

-t/ic    (adjective)    1.B.ii.b. and c.

-tom/e    an instrument for cutting    1.69

-tom/y    the cutting of    1.57

-tox/em/ia    the presence in the blood of poisons caused by (secretions from)
              9.B.ii.d.

-tox/ic    poisonous to    8.25

-tox/ic/ity    the ability to poison    8.27

-tox/ic/os/is    the poisoning of    8.24

-tox/in    a substance poisonous to    8.26; 19.B.i.a.

-trib/e    an instrument for crushing or rubbing    8.33

-trips/y    the crushing or rubbing of    8.32

-troph/y    the growth/nourishment of    1.47

-trop/ic    preferentially affecting    1.81 and B.iv.b.

-trop/ism    the tendency to preferentially affect    1.67
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- U -

-ul/a, -ul/um, -ul/us  (diminutive)    6.26; 16.B.iii.

-um  (1)    (nominative singular neuter)    1.84 and 86 and B.v.a.

     (2)    the/a  (part of)    4.B.i.b.

     (3)    a collection of    5.B.i.b.

     (4)    (possessive plural, all genders)    17.92 and B.iv. and v.

-ur/es/is    the passage of (x) in the urine    10.6

-ur/ia    the abnormal presence of (x) in the urine      10.6

-us  (1)    (nominative singular masculine)    1.82 and 86 and B.v.a.

     (2)    ([rare nouns] nominative plural)    9.B.iii.b.(vi); 17.B.vi.c.(ii)

     (3)    ([rare nouns] possessive singular)    17.B.vi.c.(iii)

     (4)    a fetus; a person    15.B.v.b.

- X -

-x    (nominative singular: = "ks" or "gs")    2.B.vi.(i); 3.B.i.a.(iii) and
      iii.d.(i)

- Y -

-y    (noun)    1.A.i.d. and ii.a.(i)(a) and (ii)(a) and B.i.c.
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