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M.Term Final Suffixes intro.

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-centesis   surgical puncture  
-clasis   to break;surgical fracture  
-desis   binding, fixation(of a bone or joint)  
-ectomy   excision,removal  
-lysis   seperaton;destruction;loosening  
-pexy   fixation;suspension  
-plasty   surgical repair  
-rraphy   suture  
-stomy   forming an opening  
-tome   instrument to cut  
-tomy   incision  
-trispy   crushing  
-gram   record,writing  
-graph   instrument for recording  
-graphy   process of recording  
-meter   instrument for measuring  
-metry   act of measuring  
-scope   instrument for examining  
-scopy   visual examination  
-algia   pain  
-dynia   pain  
-cele   hernia,swelling  
-ectasis   dilation,expansion,inlargement  
-edema   swelling  
-emesis   vomiting  
-emia   blood condition  
-gen   production,forming,orgin  
-genesis   production,forming,orgin  
-iasis   abnormal condition  
-itis   inflammation  
-lith   stone,calculus  
-malacia   softening  
-megaly   enlargement  
-oma   tumor,forming of  
-osis   abnormal condition,increase  
-pathy   disease,feeling bad  
-penia   decrease,deficiency  
-phagia   eating,swallowing  
-phasia   speech  
-phobia   fear  
-plasia   formation,growth  
-plasm   formation,growth  
-plegia   paralysis  
-rrhage   bursting of,break  
-rrhagia   bursting of,break  
-rrhea   discharge,flow  
-rrhexis   rupture  
-spasm   involuntary contraction,twitching  
-stenosis   narrowing,stricture  
-toxic   poision  
-trophy   nourishment,development  
-ac   pertaing to,relating to  
-al   pertaing to,relating to  
-ar   pertaing to,relating to  
-ary   pertaing to,relating to  
-eal   pertaing to,relating to  
-ic   pertaing to,relating to  
-ical   pertaing to,relating to  
-ile   pertaing to,relating to  
-ior   pertaing to,relating to  
-ous   pertaing to,relating to  
-tic   pertaing to,relating to  
-esis   condition  
-ia   condition  
-ism   condition  
-iatry   medicine;treatment  
-ician   specialist  
-ist   specialist  
-y   condition;process  
-icle   small,minute  
-ole   small,minute  
-ule   small,minute  
-gnosis   knowing  
-therapy   treatment  
-logy   study of  
-logist   specialist in the study of  
-derma   skin  
-cyte   cell  
-porosis   porous  
-physis   growth  
-clast   tobreak;surgical fracture  
-blast   embryonic cell  
-uria   urine  
-dipsia   thirst  
-crine   secrete  
-plexy   stroke  
-taxia   order,coordination  
-paresis   partial paralysis  
-lepsy   seizure  
-kinesia   movement  
-esthesia   feeling  
-asthenia   weakness,debility  
-algesia   pain  


   


 

 

 

 

 

 
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