Common Medical Suffixes
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| ac, al, ar, ary | pertaining to
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| agra | excessive pain
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| algia | pain
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| apheresis | removal
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| ase | enzyme
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| asthenia | weakness
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| atresia | absence of a normal body opening
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| capnia | carbon dioxide
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| cele | hernia, protrusion
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| centesis | surgical puncture, to aspirate fluid
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| cidal | killing
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| clasia | break
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| clasis | break
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| clast | break
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| clysis | irrigating, washing
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| coccus; (pl. cocci) | berryshaped
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| crine | separate; secrete
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| crit | to separate
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| cyte | cell
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| desis | fusion
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| drome | run; running
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| eal | pertaining to
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| ectasis | stretching out
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| ectomy | excision or surgical removal
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| ectopia | displacement
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| emesis | vomiting
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| emia | blood condition
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| er | one who
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| esis | condition
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| ial | pertaining to
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| iasis | condition
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| ic | pertaining to
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| gen | an agent that causes
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| genesis | origin; cause
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| genic | originating
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| gram | record; x-ray film
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| graph | instrument used to record
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| graphy | process of recording
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| ia | condition of abnormal state
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| iatry | treatment
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| ician | one who
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| ictal | attack
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| ism | state of
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| itis | inflammation
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| lepsy | seizure
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| lysis | loosening; separating
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| lytic | reduce
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| malacia | softening
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| mania | insane desire
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| megaly | enlargement
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| meter | measurement
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| metry | measurement
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| morph | form
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| odia | smell
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| odynia | pain
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| oid | resembling
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| ologist | refers to study and practice
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| ology | study of
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| oma | tumor; swelling
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| opia | vision (condition)
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| opsy | to view
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| oorragia | rapid flow of blood
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| orrhaphy | suturing; repairing
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| orrhea | flow, excessive discharge
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| orrhexis | rupture
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| osis | abnormal condition
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| ostomy | creation of an artificial opening
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| otomy | cut into
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| ous | pertaining to
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| oxia | oxygen
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| paresis | slight paralysis
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| pathy | disease
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| penia | reduction in number that isn't expected
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| pepsia | digestion
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| pexy | surgical fixation
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| phagia | swallowing
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| philia | love
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| phily | love
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| phobia | fear of certain objects or things
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| phonia | sound of voice
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| phoria | feeling
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| physis | growth
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| plasia | forming of a growth
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| plasm | substance formation
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| plasty | plastic or surgical repair
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| plegia | paralysis
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| pnea | breathing
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| poiesis | formation
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| porosis | passage
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| prandial | meal
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| praxia | before
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| ptosis | sagging; prolapse
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| ptysis | splitting
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| salpinx | fallopian tube
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| sarcoma | malignant tumor
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| schisis | split
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| sclerosis | hardening
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| scope | instrument for visual examination
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| scopy | visual examination
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| scopic | visual examination
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| sepsis | infection
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| sis | state of
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| spasm | sudden involuntary muscle contraction
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| stasis | control; stop
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| stalsis | contraction
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| stenosis | narrowing
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| thorax | chest
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| tome | cutting instrument
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| tocia | birth; labor
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| tripsy | surgical crushing
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| trophy | nourishment
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| ule | little
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| uria | urine; urination
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