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Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -cyte | cell |
| -gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| -genic | producing, originating or causing |
| -logist | a physician who studies and treats |
| -logy | study of |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition (means increase with blood cells) |
| -plasia | condition of formation, development, growth |
| -plasm | growth, substance, behaviour |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| -sis | state of |
| -stasis | control, stop, standing |
| -ad | toward |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -a | no meaning |
| -coccus | berry shaped (form of bacterium) |
| -ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
| -ia | diseased or abnormal state, condition of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -opsy | view of, viewing |
| -phagia | eating or swallowing |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia or protrusion |
| -centesis | surgical procedure to aspirate fluid |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasis | stretching out, dilation, expansion |
| -emia | in the blood |
| -gram | the record, radiographic image |
| -graph | instrument used to measure |
| -graphy | process of recording, radiographic imaging |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | measurement |
| -pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -rrhagia | rapid flow of blood |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| -scopic | pertaining to visual examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | sudden, involuntary muscle contraction |
| -stenosis | constriction, narrowing |
| -stomy | creation of artificial opening |
| -thorax | chest, chest cavity |
| -tomy | cut into, incision |
| -iasis,-esis | condition |
| -lysis | separating, dissolving, loosening |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| -rrhaphy | suturing, repairing |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -uria | urine, urination |
| -ism | state of |
| -clesis | surgical closing |
| -salpinx | fallopian (uterine) tube |
| -atresia | closure, occlusion |
| -tocia | birth, labour |
| -amnios | amnion, amnionic fluid |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -e | no meaning |
| -is | no meaning |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -um | no meaning |
| -us | no meaning |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -penia | abnormal reduction in number |
| -poeisis | formation |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
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