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Must Know Suffixes

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-centesis   surgical puncture  
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-ectomy   excision, removal  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-stomy   forming an opening  
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-gram   record, writing  
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-graph   instrument for recording  
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-scope   instrument for examining  
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-algia, -dynia   pain  
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-edema   swelling  
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-emesis   vomiting  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-oma   tumor  
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-osis   abnormal condition  
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-pathy   disease  
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-phagia   eating, swallowing  
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-plasia   formation, growth  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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-rrhea   discharge, flow  
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-toxic   poison  
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ile, -ior, -ous, -tic   pertaining to  
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-ist   specialist  
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-emia   blood condition  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-ia, -ism   condition  
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-logy   study of  
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-tomy   surgical incision  
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-pnea   breathing  
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-lysis   separation, destruction  
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-scopy   visual examination  
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-gen, -genesis   forming, producing, origin  
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-penia   decrease deficiency  
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-sclerosis   abnormal condition of hardening  
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