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Common Suffixes
Suffix adds additional meaning to the end of a term.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pertaing to | ac , al, ary,, ous, ic, ar , eal |
| Condition of | ia, osis-ism |
| small | icle, ole, ule |
| Pain | algia, dynia |
| Inflammation | itis |
| Blood Condition | cmia |
| lysis | Loosen or breakdown -defines hemolysis |
| megaly | Enlargement-defines hepatomegaly |
| penia | Deficiency |
| rrhage | excessive flow -define hemorrhage |
| spasm | involuntary contraction-define myospasm |
| graph | instument used to produce a records -define cardiograph |
| scope | instrument used to look |
| scopy | process of looking-define arthrocopy |
| ectomy | removal-defines hysterectomy |
| plasty | reconstruction or surgical repair -defines rhinoplasty |
| stomy | creation of an aopenming- define colostomy |
| tomy | incision or cut |