Suffixes used in medical terminology
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| -ic, -ical | pertaining to
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| -al, -eal | pertaining to
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| -ose, -ous | pertaining to
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| -ac, -iac | pertaining to
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| -ar, -ary | pertaining to
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| -tic | pertaining to
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| -ior | pertaining to
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| -oid | resembling
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| -scopy | process of visual examination
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| -opsy | process of viewing
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| -scope | instrument for visual examination
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| -graph | instrument for recording
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -gram | record
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| -ia | condition
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| -osis | condition, usually abnormal
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -y | condition or process
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| -um, -ium | tissue or structure
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| -coccus, -cocci | berry-shaped bacteria
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| -cyte | cell
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| -genesis | condition of producing, forming
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| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by or in
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| -pathy | disease condition
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -penia | deficiency
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| -phobia | fear
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| -plasia | development, formation, growth
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| -poiesis | production, formation of
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| -ectasia | dilation, expansion of
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| -trophy | nourishment, development
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| -tropic | changing
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| -cle | small
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| -ule | small
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| -olus | small
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| -ole | small
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| -algia | pain
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| -dynia | pain
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -ema | swelling
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| -oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid
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| -cele | hernia
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| -stasis | stopping, controlling, cessation of any process
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| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation, decomposing
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -malacia | softening
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| -sclerosis | hardening
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| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse
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| -rrhage | bursting forth
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| -rrhea | discharge, flow
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| -logy | study of
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| -er, -or | one who
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| -ist | specialist
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| -therapy | treatment
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -tomy | incision, to cut into
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| -stomy | opening to form a mouth
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| -ectomy | removal, excision, resection
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| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid
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| -globin | protein
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| -ion | process
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| -sis | state of
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| -blast | embyronic, immature
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| -cyesis | pregnancy
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| -drome | to run
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| -fusion | coming together, to pour
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| -gen | producing, forming
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| -lapse | to slide, fall, sag
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| -meter | to measure
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| -mission | to send
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| -partum | birth, labor
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| -phoria | to bear, carry; feeling
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| -physis | to grow
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| -plasm | development, formation
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| -pnea | breathing
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| -ase | enzyme
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| -chezia | defecation, elimination of wastes
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| -iasis | abnormal condition
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| -prandial | meal (eg postprandial)
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| -ectasis, -ectasia | stretching, dilatation, dilation
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| -emesis | vomiting
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| -pepsia | digestion
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| -phagia | eating, swallowing
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -ptysis | spitting
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| -rrhage, -rrhagia | bursting forth
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| -rrhaphy | suture
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| -rrhea | flow, discharge
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| -spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles
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| -stasis | to stop; control
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| -stenosis | tightening, stricture, narrowing
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| -tresia | opening
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| -sol | solution
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| -amine | nitrogen-containing compound
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| -phylaxis | protection
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| -dote | what is given
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| -somes | bodies
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| -type | picture, classification
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| -ase | enzyme
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