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Suffixes
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -algia | painful |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -itis | inflammation/infection |
| -gram | picture |
| -malacia | -abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargment |
| -necrosis | death of tissue |
| -ology | study of |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -ostomy | surgical opening |
| -otomy | surgical incision |
| -orrhea | flow |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -sclerosis | hardening, abnormal |
| -scope | instrument to view |
| -stenosis | narrowing |