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SUFFIXES
STUDY
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ALGIA | PAIN |
| ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| CISE | CUT |
| DYNIA | PAIN OR SWELLING |
| ECTASIS | DILATATION |
| LOGY | STUDY OF |
| LYSIS | DESTRUCTION |
| MEGALY | ENLARGEMENT OR LARGE |
| OMA | TUMOR |
| OSIS | CONDITION USUALLY ABNORMAL |
| PATHY | DISEASE |
| RRHEA | DISCHARGE OR FLOW |
| SCLEROSIS | HARDENING |
| STENOSIS | NARROWING |
| TAXIS | MOVEMENT |
| TROPHY | GROWTH |
| CENTESIS | SURGICAL PUNCTURE OR REMOVAL OF FLUID |
| ECTOMY | TO CUT OR REMOVE |
| GRAM | RECORDING OR PICTURE |
| METER | DEVICE FOR MEASURING |
| OSTOMY | SURGICAL OPENING |
| OTOMY | CUTTING INTO |
| PEXY | SURGICAL FIXATION WHICH MEANS SURGICALLY MAKING SOMETHING IMMOBILE SO THAT IT CANNOT MOVE |
| PLASTY | SURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION |
| RRAPHY | SUTURE |
| SCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED FOR VIEWING |