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SUFFIX WORDS
Medical Term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| - al | Pertaining to |
| -ase | Enzyme |
| -blast | Budding |
| -centesis | Surgical Puncture |
| -cidal | Causing Death |
| -clast | Broken |
| -crit | To Separate |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -ectomy | Excision / Surgical removal |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| -gen , - genesis , -genic | Producing |
| -glia | Glue |
| -gram | Something written |
| -ia | condition of , Diseased / abnormal state |
| -iac , -ic, -ior | Pertaining to |
| -itia , -itis | Inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -lyte | Dissolvable |
| -lytic | Destroy ; Reduce |
| -mania | Madness / insane desire |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -meter | Instrument used to measure |
| -odia | smell |
| -ologist | One who studies and practices |
| -oma | Tumor / swelling |
| -opia | Vision |
| -opsy | to view |
| -orrhea | Glow , Excessive Discharge |
| -orrhexis | Rupture |
| -osis | Abnormal Increase in production |
| -ostomy | Creation of an artificial opening |
| -otomy | cut into / incision |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -pathy | disease |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -sepsis | infection |
| -spasm | suddenly involuntary muscle construction |
| -stasis | control / stop |
| -tomy | cutting |
| -tropic | influencing |
| -ism | state of |
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