Medical Terminology Suffixes
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| -ac, -al, -ar,- ary,- eal, -ic, -ous, -tic | pertaining to
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| -algia,- cynia | pain
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| -asthenia | without strength
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| -cele | pouching or hernia
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| -cyesis | pregnancy
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| -ectasis | expansion or dilation
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| -ectomy | removal
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| -edema | swelling
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| -ema | condition
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| -emisis | vomiting
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -esthenia | lack of sensation
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| -genic | origin or production
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| -gram | record
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| -graph | recording instrument
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| -graphy | recording process
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| -ia, -ism | condition of
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| -iasis | condition, formation of
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| -iatry | treatment
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| -icle, -ole, -ula, -ule | small
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -ium | tissue or structure
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| -lepsy | seizure
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| -lith | stone, calculus
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| -logy, -ology | study of
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| -lysis | breaking down or dissolution
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| -malacia | softening
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -meter | measuring instrument
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| -metry | measuring process
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| -mycosis | fungal infection
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| -oid | resembling
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| -oma | tumor
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| -opia, -opsia | vision
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| -osis | abnormal condition
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| -osmia | smell
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| -paresis | partial paralysis
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| -pathy | disease
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| -penia | decrease
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| -pepsia | digestion
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| -phagia | swallowing
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| -phasia | speech
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| -philia | attraction for
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| -phobia | fear
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| -plasia | formation, development
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| -plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction
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| -plegia | paralysis, stroke
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| -pnea | breathing
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| -rrhage | to burst forth
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| -rrhea | discharge
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| -sclerosis | hardening
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| -scope | examination instrument
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| -scopy | examination
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| -spasm | involuntary contraction
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| -stasis | stop or stand
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| -tocia | childbirth, labor
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| -tomy | incision
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| -toxic | poison
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| -tropea | to turn
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| -tropic | stimulate
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| -trophy | nutrition, growth
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| -y | condition, process of
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