Medical Terminology Suffixes
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| -ac | pertaining to
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| -al | pertaining to
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| -ar | pertaining to
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| -ary | pertaining to
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| -eal | pertaining to
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| -ial | pertaining to
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| -ic | pertaining to
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| -ous | pertaining to
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| -agra | excessive pain
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| -algia | pain
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| -apheresis | removal
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| -ase | enzyme
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| -asthenia | weakness
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| -atresia | absence of a normal body opening; occlusion; closure
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| -capnia | carbon dioxide
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| -cele | hernia; protrusion
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| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
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| -cidal | killing
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| -clasia | break
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| -clasis | break
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| -clast | break
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| -clysis | irrigating; washing
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| -coccus (pl. -cocci) | berry-shaped ( a form of bacterium)
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| -crine | separate; secrete
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| -crit | to separate
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| -cyte | cell
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| -desis | surgical fixation; fusion
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| -drome | run; running
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| -ectasis | stretching out; dilatation; expansion
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| -ectomy | excision or surgical removal
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| -ectopia | displacement
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| -emesis | vomiting
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -er | one who
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| -esis | condition
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| -iasis | 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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| -graph | instrument used to record
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| -graphy | process of recording; xray filming
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| -ia | condition of diseased or abnormal state
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| -iatry | physician; treatment
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| -ician | one who
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| -ictal | seizure; attack
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| -ism | state of
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -lepsy | seizure
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| -lysis | loosening; dissolution; separating
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| -lytic | destroy; reduce
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| -malacia | softening
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| -mania | madness; insane desire
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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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| -morph | form; shape
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| -odia | smell
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| -odynia | pain
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| -oid | resembling
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| -ologist | one who studies and practices (specialist)
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| -ology | study of
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| -oma | tumor; swelling
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| -opia | vision (condition)
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| -opsy | to view
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| -oorhagia | rapid flow of blood
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| -orrhaphy | suturing; repairing
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| -orrhea | flow; excessive discharge
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| -orrhexis | rupture
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| -osis | abnormal condition (means increased when used with blood cell word roots)
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| -ostomy | creation of an artificial opening
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| -otomy | cut into or incision
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| -oxia | oxygen
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| -paresis | slight paralysis
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| -pathy | disease
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| -penia | abnormal reduction in number
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| -pepsia | digestion
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| -pexy | surgical fixation; suspension
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| -phagia | eating; swallowing
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| -philia | love
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| -phily | love
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| -phobia | abnormal fear of or aversion to specific objects or things
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| -phonia | sound or voice
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| -phoria | feeling
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| -physis | growth
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| -plasia | formation; development; a growth
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| -plasm | growth; substance; formation
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| -plasty | plastic or surgical repair
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| -pnea | breathing
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| -poiesis | formation
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| -porosis | passage
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| -prandial | meal
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| -praxia | in front of; before
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| -ptosis | dropping; sagging; prolapse
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| -ptysis | spitting
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| -salpinx | fallopian tube
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| -sarcoma | malignant tumor
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| -schisis | split; fissure
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| -sclerosis | hardening
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| -scope | instrument used for visual examination
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| -scopy | visual examination
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| -scopic | visual examination
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| -sepsis | infection
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| -sis | state of
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| -spasm | sudden involuntary muscle contraction
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| -stasis | control; stop
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| -stalsis | contraction
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| -stenosis | constriction; narrowing
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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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| -tripsy | surgical crushing
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| -trophy | nourishment
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| -ule | little
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| -uria | urine; urination
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