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Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-cele | hernia; protrusion |
-ectomy | excision; surgical repair |
-emesis | vomitting |
-iasis | condition |
-ist | specialist |
-itis | inflammation |
-listhesis | slipping |
-lith | stone, calculus |
-logist | specialist in study of |
-lysis | seperation; destruction |
-megaly | enlargement |
-ole | small, minute |
-orexia | appetite |
-pathy | disease |
-pepisa | digestion |
-phagia | eating, swallowing |
-plakia | plaque |
-plasty | plastic of surgical repair |
-prandial | meal |
-rrhaphy | suturing; repairing |
-rrhea | flow; excessive discharge |
-scope | instrument used 4 visual |
-scopy | visual examination |
-spasm | sudden involuntary muscle contractor examination |
-stomy | forming an opening |
-tomy | incision |