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50 medical term
Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -algia | Pain |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal |
| -otomy | Incision into |
| -ostomy | Surgically created opening |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| -scopy | Visual examination |
| -scope | Viewing instrument |
| -gram | Record or image |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -graph | Recording instrument |
| -oma | Tumor or mass |
| -osis | Abnormal condition |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -uria | Urine condition |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -malacia | Softening |
| -sclerosis | Hardening |
| -lysis | Breakdown or destruction |
| -rrhage | Excessive bleeding |
| -rrhea | Flow or discharge |
| -rrhaphy | Surgical suturing |
| -cele | Hernia or protrusion |
| -penia | Deficiency or decrease |
| -ac | Pertaining to |
| -al | Pertaining to |
| -ar | Pertaining to |
| -ary | Pertaining to |
| -eal | Pertaining to |
| -ic | Pertaining to |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| -ior | Pertaining to |
| -ism | Condition or process |
| -ist | Specialist |
| -logy | Study of |
| -logist | Specialist in the study of |
| -genic | Producing or produced by |
| -genesis | Formation or development |
| -gen | Producing or forming |
| -oid | Resembling |
| -form | Resembling or shaped like |
| -phobia | Fear |
| -philia | Attraction to or affinity for |
| -pexy | Surgical fixation |
| -desis | Surgical binding or fusion |
| -tripsy | Surgical crushing |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -blast | Immature or developing cell |
| -rrhexis | Rupture or bursting |
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