Chapter 2 Suffixes
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| -gravida | Pregnant woman
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| -graph | Recording instrument
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| -uria | Urine
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| -trophy | Nourishment, Growth
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| -thorax | Chest
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| -stenosis | Narrowing, Stricture
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| -static | Not in motion, At rest
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| -sclerosis | Hardening
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| -salpinx | Uterine (Fallopian tube)
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| -ptosis | Drooping, Prelapse
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| -pneic | Pertaining to breathing
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| -pnea | Breathing
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| -plegic | Pertaining to paralysis
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| -plegia | Paralysis
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| -plastic | Pertaining to formation or growth
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| -plasia/-plasm | Formation, Growth
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| -phonia | Voice
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| -pepsia | Digestion
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| -penia | Deficiency
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| -pathy | Disease
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| -partum/-tocia | Childbirth, Labor
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| -paresis | Slight or partial paralysis
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| -oxia | Oxygen
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| -osis | Abnormal Condition
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| -oma | Tumor
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| -oid | Resembling
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| -necrosis | Tissue death
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| -megaly | Enlargement
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| -malacia | Softening
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| -lith | Stone
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| -lepy/-leptic | Seizure
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| -itis | Inflammation
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| -iasis | Pathological condition/state
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| -ia/-ism | Condition
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| -iatrics/-iatry | Specialist
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| -logist/-ologist | Specialist in the study of
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| -cidial/-cide | Destroying/Killing
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| -desis | Surgical fixation of a bone or joint, binding tying together
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| -dilation | Widening, Stretching, or Expanding
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| -ectomy | Excision, surgical removal
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| -graphy | Process of recording
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| -metry | Measurement
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| -pexy | Surgical fixation
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| -plasty | Surgical Repair
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| -rrhaphy | Suture, Suturing
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| -scopy | Visual examination
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| -therapy | treatment
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| -tomy | Cutting into, incision
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| -tripsy | Crushing
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| -acusia/-acusis/-cusis | Hearing
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| -algesia/-algesic/-algia/-dynia | Pain
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| -dipsia | Thrist
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| -esthesia | Sensation
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| -opia/-opsia/-opsis/-opsy | Vision, View of
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| -osmia | Smell, Odor
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| -phobia | Fear
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| -phoria | Feeling
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| -clasis/-clast | To break
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| -ectasis | Dialation, Expansion
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| -emesis | Vomiting
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| -gen/-genesis/-genis/-genous | Creating, Producing
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| -kinesia/-kinesis | Movement
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| -lysis | Destruction
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| -pause/-stasis | Cessation, Stopping
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| -phage/-phagia | Eating, Swallowing
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| -phasia | Speech
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| -rrhage/-rrhagia | Bursting forth
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| -rrhea | Flow, Dishcharge
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| -rrhexis | Rupture
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| -spasm | Sudden involuntary contraction
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| -uresis | Urination
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| -cele | Hernia
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| -constriction | Narrowing
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| -cytosis | A condition of cells
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| -derma | Skin
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| -edema | Swelling
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| -emia | A condition of the blood
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| -cyte/-cytic | Cell
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| -gram | Record
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| -ole/-ule | Small
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| -prandial | Meal
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| -stomy | Mouth like opening
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| -scope | Viewing instrument
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| -meter | Measuring instrument
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| -centesis | Surgical puncture
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| -tome | Cutting instrument
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| -ac/-al/-ar/-ary/-eal/-ial/-ic/-ical/-ory/-ous/-tic/-tous | -Pertaining to
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