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Suffixes
suffixes of medical words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -algia | related to pain |
| -emia | related to blood |
| -ia | condition;state;thing |
| -ism | disease from a specific cause;process |
| -itis | infalmmation |
| -lepsy | attack; seizure |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | mass or tumor |
| -osis | condition; process |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pnea | related to breathing |
| -rrhea | discharge or flow |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -gram | record; picture |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -plasty | to modify or reshape |
| -scope | instrument used to examine |
| -scopy | process of using an instrument to examine |
| -stomy | surgically created opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | process of cutting or making an incision |
| -tripsy | process of crushing |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -ian | specialist in some field |
| -iatry | medical specialty |
| -ics | medical specialty |
| -iatrics | medical specialty |
| -ist | person who specializes in |
| -logy | study of |
| -ation | being; having; process |
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