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Common Suffixes
Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -a | Pertaining to |
| -ia | Condition of |
| -icle | Small |
| -algia | Pain |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -lysis | Loosen/Breakdown |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -penia | Deficiency |
| -rhage, rhea | Excessive flow |
| -spasm | Involuntary contraction |
| -gaph | Instrument used to produce and record |
| -scope | Instrument used to look |
| -ectomy | Removal |
| -plasty | Reconstruction or Surgical repair |
| -stomy | Creation of an opening |
| -ium | Tissue or structure |
| -osis | Condition of |
| -ism | Condition of |
| -al | Pertaining to |
| -ary | Pertaining to |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| -ic | Pertaining to |
| -ar | Pertaining to |
| -eal | Pertaining to |
| -ole | Small |
| -ule | Small |
| -dynia | Pain |
| -lysis | Loose |
| -poisis | Formation |
| -ation | Condition of |
| -scess | go |
| -rosion | Gnaw/eat |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -ectasia | Expansion |
| -y | Procedure |
| -scopy | Looking procedure |
| -malacia | soft |
| -a, -al, -ary, -ous, -is, -ar, -eal | Pertaining to |
| -ia, -osis, -ism, -ation, | Condition of |