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Suffixes
Medical Terminology - Suffixes
Suffix | meaning |
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-algia | pain |
-cide | killing |
-cise | cut |
-cle | small |
-cyte | cell |
-dyne | pain |
-ectomy | remove |
-ize | take away |
-lith | stone, calculus |
-lysis | decomposition, breaking down |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | large |
-oid | likeness, resembling |
-ology | science of |
-ostomy | making |
-otomy | incision |
-penia | deficiency |
-phasia | speech disorder |
-phobia | abnormal fear |
-pnea | breath |
-rrhage | abnormal flow/discharge |
-rrhea | flow/discharge |
-scopy | viewing |
-spasm | twitch |
-stasis | stop |
-stenosis | stricture |
-trophy | nutrition |
-uria | presence of, condition of having |