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Suffix: Basic MT
Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -al | about, related to, pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -cide | death, killing |
| -crin/o | secrete |
| -ectomy | removal (surgical) |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | blood |
| -er | person who..., practitioner |
| -esis | condition of |
| -genic | origin |
| -gnosis | knowledge |
| -gram | a record |
| -graphy | practice of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -iatrics, -iatry | discipline of medicine |
| -ic | about, related to, pertaining to |
| -ism | state, condition |
| -ist | person who studies (specializes) in a certain subject or discipline, practitioner |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lepsis | seizure |
| -logist | person who studies (specializes) in a certain subject or discipline |
| -logy | study, science of, practice of |
| -lysis | destruction |
| -meter | measure, instrument used to measure |
| -metry | measuring |
| -oid | similar, resembling, like |
| -oma | swelling, tumor |
| -ose | sugar |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ostomy | creation of an opening |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -philia | attraction for |
| -phylactic | protective, preventive |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -plasia | formation, development |
| -plasty | repair through surgery |
| -plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| -rrhagia | abnormal/excessive flow |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | examining by instrument |
| -stasis | to stop |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -thermy | heat |
| -tion | condition, state |
| -trophy | nutrition, development |
| -centesis | puncture (surgical) |
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