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S/Condition&Symptom
Suffixes related to conditions and symtoms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -cele | hernia |
| -cytosis | condition of cells |
| -ectasia, -ectasis | expansion, dilation |
| -edema | swelling |
| -ema | condition |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -iasis | pathological condition or state, presence of |
| -ism | condition, disease |
| -itis (pl. -ites) | inflammation |
| -lepsy | seizures |
| -leptic | pertaining to seizures |
| -lithiasis | presence of stones |
| -mania | obsession, madness |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma (pl. -oses) | condition, state, process |
| -paresis | slight paralysis, feeling of numbness and tingling |
| -pathy | abnormal condition, disease process |
| -penia | deficiency, small, fewer |
| -philia | attraction, affinity for |
| -phrenia | of the mind |
| -phthisis | wasting away |
| -physis | growing |