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Common Medical Suffixes

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-algia   pain, painful  
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-asis   condition  
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-blast   young cell  
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-cele   swelling  
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-centesis   puncture for aspiration  
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-cide   killer  
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-cyte   cell  
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-ectomy   cut out  
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-emia   blood  
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-genesis   production, development  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-kin   in motion, action  
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-logy   study of  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-odynia   pain  
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-oid   resembling  
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-oma   tumor  
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-osis   condition  
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-opathy   disease  
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-penia   abnormal reduction  
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-pexy   fixation  
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-phagia   eating, swallowing  
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-phasia   speaking condition  
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-phobia   fear  
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-plasty   plastic surgery  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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-poiesis   formation  
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-ptosis   downward displacement  
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-rhaphy   suture  
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-scope   instrument for examination  
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-stomy   creation of an opening  
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-tomy   incision  
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-uria   urine  
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