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Medical terminology
Suffix that pertain to diseases, symptoms, and conditions
Term | Definition |
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-algia | pain |
-dynia | pain |
-cele | hernia (a bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn’t belong) |
-emia | blood condition |
-iasis | presence of |
-itis | inflammation |
-lysis | loosen, break down |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | deficiency |
-ptosis | drooping |
-rrhage | excessive flow |
-rrhagia | excessive flow |
-rrhea | flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |