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VT Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ella | Small |
| -iatric | Medical treatment |
| -oid | Resembling |
| -ous | Characteristic of |
| -plast | Cell / living |
| -plasty | Surgical repair / formation / plastic repair of |
| -vorous | Eating |
| -tomy | Incision / cutting |
| -stomy | Opening |
| -scopy | Visual examination |
| -opsy | View of / vision |
| -lysis | Seperation |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal |
| -centesis | Puncture and aspiration |
| -algia | Pain |
| -ia | Pathological condition |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -genic | Producing |
| -id | Body / particle |
| -ine | Relating to / chemical substance |
| -ic | Characteristic of |
| -osis | Abnormal condition / condition of |
| -lepsy | Seizure / attack |
| -rrhage | Bursting forth |
| -sclerosis | Hardening |
| -pnea | Breathing |
| -rrhexis | Breaking open |
| -rrhea | Flow / discharge |
| -dynia | Pain |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -malacia | Softening |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -oma | Tumor / mass |
| -penia | Deficiency |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -plegia | Paralysis |