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NHTC Medical Terms Suffix

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Suffix
Description
o/centesis   surgical puncture  
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ectomy   excision, removal  
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o/stomy   forming an opening  
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o/tomy   incision  
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o/clasis   to break  
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o/lysis   separation, destruction, loosening  
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o/tripsy   crushing  
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o/desis   binding, fixation  
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o/plexy   suspension, fixation  
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o/plasty   surgical repair  
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o/rrhaphy   suture  
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o/gram   record, writing  
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o/graph   instrument for recording  
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o/graphy   process of recording  
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o/meter   instrument for measuring  
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o/metry   act of measuring  
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o/scope   instrument to view or examine  
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o/scopy   visual examination  
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algia   pain  
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dynia   pain  
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cele   hernia, swelling  
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extasis   dilation, expansion  
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edema   swelling  
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emesis   vomiting  
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emia   blood condition  
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iasis   abnormal condition  
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itis   inflammation  
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lith   stone, calculus  
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malacia   softening  
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megaly   enlargement  
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oma   tumor  
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pathy   disease  
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penia   decrease, deficiency  
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plasia   formation, growth  
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plasm   formation, growth  
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rrhage   bursting forth  
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rrhagia   bursting forth  
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rrhea   discharge, flow  
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rrhexis   rupture  
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osis   abnormal condition  
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spasm   involuntary contraction  
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stenosis   narrowing, stricture  
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toxic   poison  
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trophy   development, nourishment  
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