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Common Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ALGIA | Pain |
| -CENTESIS | Surgical puncture into |
| -CYTE | Cell |
| -ECTOMY | Surgical removal of |
| -EMESIS | Vomit |
| -EMIA | Blood condition |
| -FORM / -OID | Resembling / Shaped like |
| -GRAM | A record of |
| -OSIS | Condition |
| -STOMY | Creating a new surgical opening |
| -PEXY | To suture to |
| -PLASTY | To surgically repair |
| -ITIS | Inflammation |
| -MEGALY | Enlargement of |
| -PATHY | Disease |
| -TOMY | To cut into surgically |
| -LOGY | Study of |
| -GRAPH | The act of using an instrument to record |
| -SCOPE | Instrument used to look at or view |
| -SCOPY | The act of using an instrument for viewing |
| -RRHEA | To flow |
| -RRHAGE | To burst |
| -LYSIS | To break down |
| -THERAPY | Treatment |
| -POIESIS | Formation / Production |
| -ECTAS | Dilate |
| -EDEM | Swelling |
| -ESTHES | Sensation |
| -PHAGE | Eating |