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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -blast | budding |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -cidal | causing death |
| -clast | broken |
| -crit | to seperate |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision or surgical removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -gen, -genesis,-genic | producing |
| -glia | glue |
| -gram | something written |
| -ia | enlargment |
| -iiac, -ic, -ior | condition of, disease or abnormal state |
| -ism | pertaining to |
| -itia, -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -lyte | madness or insane desire |
| -lytic | dissovable |
| -mania | state of |
| -megaly | destroy; reduce |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -odia | smell |
| -ologist | one who studies and practices |
| -oma | tumor or swelling |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsy | to view |
| -orrhea | flow, excessive discharge |
| -orrhexis | rupture |
| -osis | adnormal increase in production |
| -ostomy | creation of an artifical opening |
| -otomy | cutting |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -pathy | disease |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -sepsis | infection |
| -spasm | involuntary muscle contraction |
| -stasis | control or stop |
| -tomy | cut into or incesion |
| -tropic | influencing |
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