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Vet Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ALGIA | pain |
| -CENTESIS | surgical puncture into |
| -CYTE | cell |
| -ECTOMY | surgical removal of |
| -EMESIS | to vomit |
| -EMIA | blood |
| -FRAM | a record of |
| -GRAPH | to record with an instrument |
| -GRAPHY | the act of recording using an instrument |
| -IA | condition |
| -IST | specialist |
| -ITIS | inflammation |
| -LOGY | the study of |
| -LYSIS | to break down |
| -MALACIA | abnormal softening |
| -MEGALY | enlargement of |
| -OMA | tumor, mass |
| -OPSY | to view or see |
| -OSIS | condition |
| -PATHY | disease |
| -PENIA | lack of or deficiency |
| -PEXY | to suture to |
| -PHAG | to eat |
| -PLASIA | to grow or change |
| -PLASTY | to surgially repair |
| -PENA | breathing |
| -RRHAGE | to burst |
| -RRHEA- | to flow |
| -SCLEROSIS | abnormal hardening |
| -SCOPE | instrument used to view |
| -STOMY | to create a new surgical opening |
| -THERAPY | treatment |
| -TOMY | to cut into surgically; to make an incision |