Suffix Medical Terms
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| -algia, -dynia | pain
(eg. cephalalgia -
pain in the head)
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| -genesis | origin or production
(eg. pathogenesis -
origin of disease)
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| -lysis | breaking down or
dissolution
(eg. hemolysis -
breakdown of blood)
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -oid | resembling
(eg. lipoid -
resembling fat)
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| -paenia | abnormal reducion
(eg. leukopaenia -
abnormal reduction of
white blood cells)
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| -rrhoea | discharge
(eg. rhinorrhoea - runny
discharge from nose)
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| -spasm | involuntary contraction
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| -coele | pouching or hernia
(eg. gastrocoele -
pouching of stomach)
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| -ectasis | expansion or dilation
(eg. angiectasis -
expansion of a blood vessel)
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| -emia | blood condition
(eg. hyperlipemia
blood condition of excessive fat)
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| -iasis | formation or
presence of
(eg. lithiasis
formation of stones)
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -malacia | softening
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| -oma | tumor
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| -osis | condition or increase
(eg. sclerosis -
condition of hard)
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| -phil, -philia | attraction for
(eg. pneumophilia -
condition that has an
attraction for the lungs)
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| -ptosis | falling or downward
displacement
(eg. gastroptosis -
downward displacement
of the stomach)
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| -rrhage, -rrhagia | to burst forth
(usually blood)
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| -rrhexis | rupture
(eg. hepatorrhexis -
rupture of the liver)
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| -centesis | puncture for aspiration
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| -desis | binding
(eg. arthrodesis - binding
together of a joint
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| -ectomy | excision or removal
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| -pexy | suspension or fixation
(eg. gastropexy - fixation of the
stomach to the abdominal wall)
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| -plasty | surgical repair or
reconstruction
(eg. rhinoplasty - surgical
repair of the nose)
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| -rrhaphy | suture
(osteorrhaphy -
suture of bone)
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| -tomy | incision
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| -stomy | creation of an opening
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| -tripsy | crushing
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| -e | noun marker
eg. erythrocyte
(a red blood cell)
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| -ia, -ism | condition of
(eg. phobia - condition
of exaggerated fear)
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| -ium | structure or tissue
(eg. epigastrium -
structure upon the stomach)
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| -ation, -y | condition or process of
(eg. starvation -
process of starving)
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| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous, -tic | pertaining to
(eg. toxic - pertaining to poison)
(eg. pedal - pertaining to foot)
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| -icle, -ole, -ula, -ule | small
(eg. macula - small spot)
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| -gram | record
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| -graph | instrument
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -iatrics, iatry | treatment
(eg. psychiatry -
treatment of the mind)
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| -logy | study of
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| -logist | one who specialises in
the study or treatment of
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| -ist | one who specialises in
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| -meter | instrument for measuring
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| -metry | process of measuring
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| -poiesis | formation
(eg. hemopoiesis -
formation of blood)
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| -scope | instrument for examination
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| -scopy | examination
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| -stasis | stop or stand
(eg. hemostasis - stop blood)
(eg. orthostasis - stand straight)
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