Book "Medical Terminology in a Flash"; 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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| -ar | pertaining to
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| -ary | pertaining to
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| -cele | hernia
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| -centesis | surgical puncture
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| -cide | destroying, killing
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| -cidal | destroying, killing
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| -clasis | breaking
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| -clast | breaking
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| -cyte | cell
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| -derma | skin
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| -dipsia | thirst
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| -dynia | pain
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| -eal | pertaining to
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| -ectasis | dilation, expansion
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| -ectomy | excision, surgical removal
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| -edema | swelling
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| -emia | a condition of the blood
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| -emesis | vomiting
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| -esthesia | sensation
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| -gen | creating, producing
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| -genesis | creating, producing
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| -gram | record
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| -graph | recording instrument
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -gravida | pregnant women
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| -ia | condition
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| -ic (-tic) | pertaining to
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| -ical | pertaining to
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| -iasis | pathological condition or state
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| -ism | condition
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| -ist | specialist
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -kinesia | movement
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| -kinesis | movement
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| -lith | stone
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| -logist | specialist in the study of
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| -logy | study of
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| -lysis | destruction of
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| -malacia | softening
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -meter | instrument for measuring
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| -metry | measurement
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| -oid | resembling
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| -ole | small
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| -oma | tumor
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| -opia | vision
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| -ory | pertaining to
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| -osis | abdominal condition
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| -ous (-tous) | pertaining to
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| -oxia | oxygen
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| -paresis | slight or partial paralysis
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| -pathy | disease
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| -pause | cessation
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| -penia | deficiency
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| -pepsia | digestion
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| -pexy | surgical fixation
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| -phage | eating, swallowing
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| -phagia | eating, swallowing
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| -phasia | speech
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| -phobia | fear
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| -phoria | feeling
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| -plasia | formation, growth
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| -plasm | formation, growth
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| -pnea | breathing
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| -ptosis | drooping, prolapse
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| -rrhage | bursting forth
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| -rrhagia | bursting forth
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| -rrhaphy | suture, suturing
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| -rrhea | flow, discharge
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -scope | instrument to view
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| -scopy | visual examination
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| -stasis | stopping
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| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture
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| -stomy | mouth-like opening
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| -therapy | treatment
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| -tome | cutting instrument
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| -tomy | cutting into, incision
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| -tripsy | crashing
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| -trophy | nourishment or growth
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| -ule | small
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| -uria | urine
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