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Medical Terminology - SUFFIXES
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| -al -ac -ar - ary -ia -(t)ic -ical -ory -eal -(t)ous | pertaining to |
| -algia -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -cide -cidal | destroying, killing |
| -clast -clasis | breaking |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -dipsia | thirst (drinking) |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emia | a condition of the blood |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| -gen -genesis | creating, producing |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| -ia -ism | condition |
| -iasis | pathological condition or state (usually includes stone) |
| -ist | specialist |
| -it is | inflammation |
| -kinesis -kinesia | movement |
| -lith | stone |
| -lysis | destruction of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | measurement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole -ule | small |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -paresis | slight or partial paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pause | cessation, stopping |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -phagia -phage | eating, swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phoria | feeling |
| -plasm -plasia | formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | drooping, prolapse |
| -rrhage -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | suture, suturing |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument used to view |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stasis | cessation, stopping |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| -stomy | mouthlike opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| -tomy | cutting into, incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment or growth |
| -uria | urine |
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