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Terminology
Common Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ac | pertaining to |
| al | Pertaining to |
| ary | pertaining to |
| ous | pertaining to |
| ic | pertaining to |
| ar | pertaining to |
| eal | pertaining to |
| ia | condition of |
| osis | condition of |
| Ism | condition of |
| icle | small |
| ole | small |
| ule | small |
| Algia | Pain |
| dynia | pain |
| itis | inflammation |
| emia | blood condition |
| lysis | loosen or breakdown |
| megaly | enlargement |
| penia | deficiency |
| rrhage | excessive flow |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| Graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| scope | instrument used to look |
| scopy | process of looking |
| Ectomy | removal |
| plasty | reconstruction or surgical repair |
| stomy | creation of an opening |
| tomy | incision or cut |