Section V. SUFFIXES - PERTAINING TO SYMPTOMS
We will now study the symptomatic suffixes.
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233 -algia is a suffix meaning pain.
Dentalgia, then, is the medical term for
a __________ in the tooth.
den-tal'je-ah
pain
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234 -genic is the suffix for producing or
originating. Pyo, as you recall, is the
stem for pus. Pyogenic, then, is the
term for __________ pus.
pi"o-jen'ik
producing
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235 -lysis is a suffix meaning destruction or
breakdown. Hemolysis, therefore,
means the __________ of red blood
cells.
he-mol'i-sis
destruction
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