The Language of Medicine 7th ed. Suffixes
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| -ac | pertaining to
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| -al | pertaining to
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| -algia | pain
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| -cyte | cell
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| -ectomy | excision, removal
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -genic | pertaining to producing
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| -genic | produced by
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| -genic | produced in
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| -gram | record
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| -ic | pertaning to
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| -ical | pertaining to
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| -ion | process
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| -ist | specialist
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -logy | the study of
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| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling
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| -opsy | process of viewing
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| -osis | condition usually abnormal
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| -pathy | disease condition
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| -scope | instrument to visually examine
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| -scopy | process of visually examining
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| -sis | state of
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| -tomy | process of cutting, incision
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| -y | process, condition
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| -eal | pertaning to
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| -iac | pertaining to
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| -ior | pertaining to
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| -ism | process
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| -cele | hernia
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| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid
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| -coccus | berry-shaped bacterium
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| -dynia | pain
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -genesis | condition of producing, forming
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| -gram | record
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| -graph | instrument for recording
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -logy | study of
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| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation
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| -malacia | softening
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid
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| -opsy | to view
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| -osis | condition (usually abnormal)
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| -pathy | disease condition
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| -penia | deficiency
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| -phobia | fear
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| -plasia | development, formation, growth
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse
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| -sclerosis | hardening
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| -scope | instrument for visual examination
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| -scopy | process of visual examination
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| -stasis | stopping, controlling
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| -stomy | opening, to form a mouth (stoma)
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| -therapy | treatment
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| -tomy | incision, to cut into
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| -trophy | development, nourishment
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| -er | one who
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| -ia | condition
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| -ole | little, small
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| -ule | little, small
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| -um | structure, tissue, thing
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| -ium | structure, tissue, thing
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| -y | condition, process
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| -ac | pertaining to
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| -iac | 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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| -ical | pertaining to
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| -oid | resembling
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| -ose | pertaining to, full of
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| -ous | pertaining to
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| -tic | pertaining to
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| -blast | embryonic, 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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| -lysis | breakdown, separation, loosening
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| -meter | to measure
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| -mission | to send
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| -or | one who
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| -partum | birth, labor
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| -phoria | to bear, carry, feeling (mental state)
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| -physis | to grow
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| -plasia | development, formation
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| -plasm | development, formation
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| -pnea | breathing
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| -ptosis | droop, sag, prolapses
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| -rrhea | flow, discharge
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| -stasis | stop, control; place
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| -trophy | nourishment, development
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| -ase | enzyme
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| -chezia | defectation, elimination of wastes
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| -iasis | abnormal condition
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| -prandial | meal
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| -ectasis, -ectasia | stretching, dilation, dilatation
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| -emesis | vomiting
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| -lysis | destruction, breakdown, separation
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| -pepsia | digestion
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| -phagia | eating, swallowing
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -ptosis | prolapse, fall, sag, droop
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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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