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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -acuisis | hearing condition |
| -agon | to lead |
| -agent | agent |
| -arche | beginning |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -ation | process, procedure |
| -cide | to kill |
| -cision | cut |
| -clasia | breaking |
| -clasis | breaking |
| -drome | run |
| -ectasia | expansion, dilation |
| -ectasis | expansion, dilation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | beginning in, producing |
| -graft | transplant |
| -iasis | presence |
| -icle | little |
| -ictal | seizure |
| -ive | agent |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -lith | stone |
| -loqui | speak |
| -luxation | dislocation |
| -lytic | break down |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -opia | vision condition |
| -opsia | vision condition |
| -paresis | partial paralysis |
| -pareunia | sexual intercourse |
| -pathy | disease/condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phagia | eating |
| -philia | abnormal liking for or tendency toward |
| -phoria | carry condition |
| -plasia | formation |
| -plasm | formation |
| -plastic | formation |
| -plasty | surgical reconstruction |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poesis | formation |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -ptysis | cough |
| -rrhage | excessive flow |
| -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening condition |
| -scope | instrument used to look |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
| -thesis | place |
| -tomy | incision |
| -toxic | poisonous |
| -toxin | a substance poisonous to |
| -tripsy | wear down procedure, surgical crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment condition |
| -tropin | stimulating hormone |
| -ula | small |
| -uria | urine condition |
| -y | condition or process |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -desis | binding |
| -dynia | pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -gram | written record |
| -graphy | writing process |
| -ia | condition |
| -iatrics | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
| -iatry | medical science |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | tissue, structure |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | loosen, break down |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole | small |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -ule | small |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -graphy | writing procedure |
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