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Medical Terminology from Greek and Latin Roots. Suffixes. (GREEK in all caps)

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Suffix
Definition
show capable of (being); able  
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-AC   show
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show hearing  
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-ad   show
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-ALGIA   show
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show pertaining to, located at  
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-(e)an   show
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-ANASTOMOSIS   show
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-ar   show
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show beginning of  
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show pertaining to  
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-ase   show
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show forms adjectives; possessing, having the quality of, characterized by  
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-ate (verb)   show
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show something resulting from a process  
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show act of, process of, result of, condition of  
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show a malignant tumor (of epithelial origin)  
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show swelling; hernia; (in obsolete terms) tumore  
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show surgical puncture with a needle  
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show an agent that kills  
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show breaking up, destruction; (surgical) fracture  
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show irrigation, injection of fluid  
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show pregnancy  
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show an excess of cells in the blood (of a cell type indicated by the base)  
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show fixation, fusion, binding  
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-DYNAMICS   show
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-ECTASIA   show
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-ECTOMY   show
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-ECTOPY   show
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-EDEMA   show
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-EMESIS   show
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show a condition of the blood  
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show stoppage, obstruction  
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-ent, -ant   show
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show sensation, perception  
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show bearing, carrying, bringing  
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show an opening between two epithelial surfaces  
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show marriage, sexual union, reproduction  
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show soemthing which produces  
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-GENESIS   show
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-GENIC   show
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show produced by, arising in; producing  
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-GNOSIS   show
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show a written record  
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-GRAPH   show
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show the act or process of recording in writing  
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show a woman who has been pregnant  
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show state of, condition of  
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-IASIS   show
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-IATRICS   show
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show capable of (being); able  
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show pertaining to  
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show a person who studies or practices  
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show science of, study of  
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-ile   show
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-in   show
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-in, -ine   show
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show act of  
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-ISCHEMIA   show
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-ISM   show
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show a person who pratices or is skilled in  
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show inflammation  
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show (less frequent) the act of (verb)ing or the result of being (verb)ed  
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-ium, -eum   show
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show pertaining to  
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-ient   show
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-LITHIASIS   show
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show destruction, disintegration; breaking down; dissolving, decomposition; surgical loosening  
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show (abnormal) softening  
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show (abnormal) enlargement  
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show molecule composed of repeating unites  
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show part  
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-METER   show
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-METRY   show
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show pathological cell death  
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show pain  
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-OID   show
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show an alcohol, -OH group  
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-OLOGIST   show
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show study of, science of  
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-OMA   show
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show vision  
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show agent or instrument  
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show appetite  
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-ose   show
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-ose   show
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-OSIS   show
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-OSMIA   show
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-ous   show
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show conjoined twin  
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-para   show
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-PATHY   show
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-PENIA   show
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show digestion  
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show fixation, fastening  
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-PHIL, -PHILE   show
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-PHILIA   show
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-PHOBE   show
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-PHOBIA   show
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show something which bears or carries  
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-PHTHISIS   show
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-PHYLAXIS   show
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-PLASIA   show
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-PLASTY   show
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-PLEGIA   show
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-PLOID (adj.)   show
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-PLOIDY (noun)   show
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-PNEA   show
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-POIESIS   show
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show doing, performance, action  
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-PTOSIS   show
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show fever  
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-RRHAGIA   show
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-RRHAPHY   show
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-RRHEA   show
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show rupture, bursting  
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-SCHISIS   show
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-SCOPE   show
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-SCOPY   show
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-SEPSIS   show
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show action, process; state of, condition of  
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-SOME   show
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-STASIS, -STASIA   show
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show abnormal narrowing  
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show strength  
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show surgical formation of an opening  
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-THERAPIST   show
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-THERAPY, (adj.) -THERAPEUTIC   show
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show a knife, cutting instrument  
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-TOMY   show
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show surgical or therapeutic crushing( i.e. of a stone)  
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show a bacterium nourished by (with a base indicating necessary conditions for growth)  
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show growth, nourishment  
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show state of, condition of  
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-URIA   show
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show chemical combining power  
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-y   show
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