Suffix/combining forms - indicates: procedure, condition or disease
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| -algia | Pain in a specified part of the body
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| -cele | Hernia, swelling, sac, tumour
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| -centesis | Puncture into a body cavity, usually to remove fluid
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| -cyte | Defining a cell
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| -desis | Binding or fixation
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| -ectasis | Dilation of a tubular structure
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| -ectomy | Surgical removal of a specified part of the body; excision
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| -aemia | Condition of the blood
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| -genic | Relating to gene; origin, formation
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| -gram | A recording, usually by an instrument
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| -graphy | Process of recording, writing, printing, representing
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| -ia | States or conditions, often abnormal
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| -iasis | Condition or state, especially an unhealthy one
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| -itis | Inflammation
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| -lysis | Breaking down or detachment; dissolution or rupture of cells
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| -malacia | Morbid softening of tissues
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| -megaly | Enlargement of a body part
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| -oid | Resembling or having the appearance of
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| -oma | A tumor or neoplasm
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| -ology | The study of
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| -opsy | Examination or inspection
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| -osis | Disease, morbid state, abnormal increase.
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| -pathy | Morbid condition or disease; designates a noninflammatory condition
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| -penia | Deficiency, decrease
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| -pexy | Surgical fixation of an organ
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| -plasty | Molding or shaping of a defect to restore form and function to a body part
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| -ptosis | A downward displacement or prolapse of an organ
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| -rhaphy | Process of suturing
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| -rrhoea | Flow or discharge
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| -rhexis | Rupture of a blood vessel or of an organ
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| -scopy | Process of viewing, examining
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| -spasm | Involuntary contraction
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| -stasis | Maintain constancy, stoppage or diminution of flow (e.g. blood)
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| -stomy | Artificial or surgical opening
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| -therapy | Treatment
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| -tome | Instrument for cutting; a segment
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| -tripsy | breaking; surgical procedure in which a structure is intentionally crushed
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| -tomy | Surgical incision or cutting
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| -trophy | Nourishment, growth or development
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| -uria | Condition of the urine
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| -plegia | A specified paralysis
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| -cidal (-cide) | An agent that kills, or the act of killing
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| -phagia | Eating, swallowing
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| -phrenia | Of the mind, disordered mental activity
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| -pnoea | Breath, respiration
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| -opia | Visual condition or defect
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| -emesis | To vomit
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| -lithiasis | Presence, condition, or formation of stones
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| -pepsia | State of the digestion
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| -aesthesia | Condition of feeling, perception, or sensation
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| -dipsia | To have thirst
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| -ism | A condition, disease, or intoxication
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| -cusis | Deafness, hearing
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| -plasm | Formation, structure, tumour, tissue or living substance.
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| -gravida | Pregnancy
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| -oedema | Excessive amount of fluid in or around cells, tissues or serous cavities of the body, swelling
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| -iac | Pertaining to
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| -septic | Presence of infection
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| -phasia | Speech disorder
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