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MedTemCP 3 Suffixes
| Suffix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -coccus(plural:-cocci) | bery-shaped bacterium(plural:bacteria) |
| -dynia | pain |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| -gaphy | process of recording |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping sagging, protapse |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stasis | stooping, controlling |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth(stoma) |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -er | one who |
| -ia | condition |
| -ole | little, small |
| -ule | little, small |
| -um, -ium | structure, tissue |
| -us | structure, substanece |
| -ac, -iac | Pretaining to |
| -al | Pretaining to |
| -ar | Pretaining to |
| -ary | Pretaining to |
| -genic | Pretaining to producing, produced by, or in |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ose | Pretaining to, full of |
| -ous | Pretaining to |
| -tic | Pretaining to |
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