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suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia/swelling |
| -ectomy | excision/removal |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -lith | stone/calculus |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -lysis | seperation/loosening/destruction |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -ole | small/minute |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | swallowing/eating |
| -plakia | plaque |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -prandial | meal |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge/flow |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | twitching/involuntary contraction |
| -stomy | forming an opening |
| -tomy | incision |