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Suffixes
Common medical suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Lysis | loosen or breakdown |
| Megaly | enlargement |
| Penia | deficiency |
| Rrhage | excessive flow |
| Spasm | involuntary contraction |
| Graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| scope | instrument used to look |
| scopy | process of looking |
| ectomy | removal |
| plasty | reconstruction or surgical repair |
| stomy | creation of an opening |
| tomy | incision or cut |
| suffix | adds additional meaning to the end |
| ac | pertaining to |
| al | pertaining to |
| ary | pertaining to |
| ous | pertaining to |
| ic | pertaining to |
| ar | pertaining to |
| eal | pertaining to |
| ia | condition of |
| osis | condition of |
| ism | condition of |
| icle | small |
| ole | small |
| ule | small |
| algia | pain |
| dynia | pain |
| itis | inflammation |
| ium | inflammation |