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Medical Term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -iatrics, -iatry | field of medicine |
| -iatrist, -ician, -ist | Specialist |
| -logist, -ologist | Specialist in the study of |
| -logy, -ology | Study of |
| -centesis | Surgical Procedure |
| -cidal, -cide | Destroying, killing |
| -desis | Surgical Fixation of Bone or joint, binding, tying together |
| -dialation | Wudening, stretching, expanding |
| -ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -metry | measurement |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture, suturing |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | cutting into, incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -acusia, -acusis, -cusis | hearing |
| -algesia, -algesic, -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -dipsia | thirst |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| -opia, -opsia, -opsis, -opsy | vision, view of |
| -osmia | Smell, Odor |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phoria | feeling |
| -clasis, -clast | to break |
| -ectasis | Dilation, expansion |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -gen, -genesis, -genic, -genous | creating, producing |
| -kinesia, -kinesis | Movement |
| -lysis | Destruction |
| -pause, -stasis | cessation, stopping |
| -phage, -phagia | eating, swallowing |
| -phasia | Speech |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | busting forth |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary contraction |
| -uresis | urination |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -meter | measuring instrument |
| -scope | viewing Instrument |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| -ac. -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ial,-ic,, -ical, -ory, -ous, -tic, -tous | Pertaining Too |
| -cyte, -cytic | cell |
| -gram | record |
| -ole, -ule | small |
| -prandial | meal |
| -stomy | Mouthlike opening |
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