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med term suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| algia | pain |
| cyte | cell |
| dynia | pain |
| ectomy | surgical removal |
| emesis | vomiting |
| genic | producing; produced by |
| gnosis | knowledge |
| gram | record |
| graph | instrument used to record |
| graphy | process of recording |
| itis | inflammation |
| logy | study of |
| logist | specialist |
| malacia | softening |
| oma | tumor or mass |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| plasia | speech |
| pathy | disease |
| phobia | fear |
| plasty | surgical reconstruction |
| ptosis | drooping |
| ptysis | spitting |
| rrhage;rrhagia | bursting forth always talking about blood |
| rrhaphy | to suture |
| rrhea | flow or discharge note only connected to blood if meno is attached |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| sclerosis | condition of hardening |
| scope | instrument used to see inside the body cavity or organ |
| spasm | sudden involuntary movement |
| statis | stable; stopping controlling |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| stomy | surgical creation of an opening |
| tomy | to cut |
| otomy | to cut into |
| trophy | growth |
| -AC,-AL,-AR,-IC,-OUS,-ARY,-EAL | pertaining to |
| megaly | enlargement |
| sclera | hardening |
| scopy | the process of viewing inside a body cavity or organ |