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Medical Term Suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -al | Pertaining to |
| -ase | Enzyme |
| -blast | Budding |
| -centesis | Surgical Puncture |
| -cidal | Causing Death |
| -clast | Broken |
| -crit | To Separate |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -ectomy | Excision or Surgical Removal |
| -emia | Blood Condition |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| -genesis | The Beginning |
| -glia | Glue |
| -gram | Something Written |
| -ia | Condition of, Diseased or Abnormal State |
| -iac, -ic, ior | Pertaining to |
| -ism | State pf |
| -itia, itis | Inflammation |
| -logy | Study of |
| -lyte | Dissolvable |
| -lytic | Destroy, Reduce |
| -mania | Madness or Insane Desire |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -meter | Instrument Used to Measure |
| -odia | Smell |
| -ologist | One who Studies and Practice |
| -oma | Tumor and Swelling |
| -opia | Vision |
| -opsy | To view |
| -orrhea | Flow, Excessive |
| -orrhexis | Rupture |
| -osis | Abnormal Increase in Production |
| -ostomy | Creation of an Artificial |
| -otomy | Cutting into or Incision |
| -oxia | Oxygen |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -sclerosis | Hardening |
| -scope | Instrument Used for Visual Examination |
| -scopy | Visual Examination |
| -stasis | Control or Stop |
| -tomy | Cutting |
| -tropic | Ifluencing |
| -sepsis | Infection |
| -spasm | Sudden Involuntary Movement |