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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ac | Pertaining to |
| -al | Pertaining to |
| -ar | Pertaining to |
| -ary | Pertaining to |
| -eal | Pertaining to |
| -ic | Pertaining to |
| -tic | Pertaining to |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| -ia | condition |
| -ism | condition |
| -ium | Tissue, structure |
| -y | Condition, procedure |
| -icle | small |
| -ole | small |
| -ule | small |
| -ula | small |
| -iatrics | Medical science |
| -iatry | Medical science |
| -iatrist | Specialist in medicine of |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logist | Specialist in the study of |
| -logy | Study of |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -cele | Hernia (a bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn’t belong) |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -iasis | Presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | Loosen, break down |
| -malacia | Abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage | drooping |
| -rrhagia | Excessive flow |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexia | rupture |
| -spasm | Involuntary contraction |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -gram | Written record |
| -graph | Instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | Writing procedure |
| -meter | Instrument used to measure |
| -metry | Process of measuring |
| -scope | Instrument used to look |
| -scopy | Process of looking |
| -desis | Binding, fixation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -pexy | Surgical fixation |
| -plasty | Reconstruction, surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | Creation of an opening |
| -tomy | incision |