Medical Terminology
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| -a | noun suffix, no meaning
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| -ac | pertaining to
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| -ad | toward
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| -al, -ic, -ous | pertaining to
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| -algia | pain
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| -amnios | ammion, amniotic fluid
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| -apheresis | removal
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| -ar, -ary, -eal | pertaining to
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| -atresia | Absence of a normal body opening; occlusion;
closure.
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| -cele | hernia or protrusion
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| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid (with a
sterile needle)
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| -cyesis | pregnancy
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| -cyte | cell
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| -e, -is, -um, -us | noun suffix, no meaning
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| -ectasis | stretching out, dilation, expansion
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| -ectomy | excision or surgical removal
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -gen | substance or agent that produces or causes
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| -genesis | origin, cause
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| -genic | producing, originating, causing
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| -gram | record, x-ray film
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| -gram | record, radiographic image
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| -graph | instrument used to record; record
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| -graphy | process of recording, x-ray filming
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| -ia | diseased or abnormal state,
condition of
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| -ial | pertaining to
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| -iasis, -esis | condition
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| -ior | pertaining to
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -logist | one who studies and treats
(specialist physician)
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| -logy | study of
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| -lysis | loosening, dissolution, separating
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| -malacia | softening
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -meter | instrument used to measure
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| -metry | measurement
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| -odynia | pain
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| -oma | tumor, swelling
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| -opsy | view of, viewing
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| -oxia | oxygen
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| -partum | childbirth, labor
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| -pathy | disease
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| -penia | abnormal reduction in number
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| -pexy | surgical fixation, suspension
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| -phagia | eating or swallowing
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| -phonia | sound or voice
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| -placia | condition of formation, development, growth
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -pnea | breathing
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| -poiesis | formation
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| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse
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| -rrhagia | rapid flow of blood
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| -rrhaphy | suturing, repairing
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| -rrhea | flow, discharge
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -salpinx | Fallopian tube
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| -sclerosis | hardening
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| -scope | instrument used for visual
examination
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| -scopic | pertaining to visual examination
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| -scopy | visual examination
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| -spasm | sudden, involuntary muscle contraction (spasmodic
contraction)
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| -stenosis | constriction or narrowing
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| -stomy | creation of an artificial opening
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| -thorax | chest
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| -tocia | birth, labor
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| -tome | instrument used to cut
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| -tomy | cut into or incision
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| -tripsy | surgical crushing
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| -trophy | nourishment, development
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| -uria | urine, urination
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| a-, an- | without or absence of
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| ante-, pre- | before
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| bi- | two
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| brady- | slow
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| dia- | through, complete
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| dys- | painful, abnormal, difficult, labored
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| endo- | within
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| epi- | on, upon, over
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| eu- | normal, good
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| hyper- | above, excessive
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| hypo- | below, incomplete, deficient
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| intra- | within
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| meta- | after, beyond, change
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| micro- | small
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| multi- | many
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| neo- | new
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| nulli- | none
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| pan- | all, total
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| para- | beside, beyond, around, abnormal
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| per- | through
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| poly- | many, much
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| post- | after
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| pro- | before
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| sub- | under, below
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| tachy- | fast, rapid
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| trans- | through, across, beyond
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| uni- | one
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