02 Suffixes for medical terminology
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| -ac, -al, -ic, -ary, -ar | pertaining to, related to, located in
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| -agra | excessive pain
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| -algia | pain
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| -apheresis | removal
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| -asthenia | weakness
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| -ase | enzyme
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| -ate | use, subject to
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| -atresia | absence of normal body opening
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| -capnia | carbon dioxide
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| -cele | protrusion, hernia
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| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid
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| -cidal | killing
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| -clasia, clast | break
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| -cle, -cule, -ole | small
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| -clysis | irrigation, washing
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| -coccus, -coccis | berry-shaped
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| -crit | to separate
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| -crine | separate, secrete
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| -cyte | cell
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| -desis | surgical fixation
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| -dynia | pain
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| -ectasis | dilation, expansion
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| -ectomy | surgical removal
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| -ectopic | displacement
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| -emesis | vomit
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -ent, -er | person or agent
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| -ia | abnormal state
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| -esis, -ia, -a, -ism, -ity, -y, -sia, -osis, -tion, -sis, -iasis | state or condition, disease
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| -form, -oid | resembling, shaped like
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| -gen, -genic | producing, causing
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| -genesis | beginning, origin
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| -gram | record
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| -graph | instrument that records
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -iac | person afflicted with
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| -ible, -ile | capable, able
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| -ician | one who
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| -ictal | seizure, attack
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| -ist, -ologist | a specialist in
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| -ites, -itis | inflammation
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| -ium | membrane
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| -logy | science, study of
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| -lysis, -lytic | destroy, dissolution, separation
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| -ma, -mat | disease, condition
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| -malacia | softening
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| -mania | madness
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -metor | instrument used to measure
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| -metry | measurement
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| -morph | form, shape
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| -oma | tumor
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| -opsy | to view
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| -oxia | oxygen
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| -paresis | slight paralysis
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| -pathy | disease
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| -penia | deficient, lack of
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| -pepsia | digestion
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| -pexy, -pexis | fixation, storing
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| -phagia, -phagy | eating, swallowing
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| -philia, -phily | love
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| -phobia | abnormal fear, intolerance
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| -phonia | pertaining to sound
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| -phoria | feeling
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| -physis | growth
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| -plasia, -plasm | formation, development
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| -plasty | 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 | in front of, before
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| -ptosis | drooping, downward displacement
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| -rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive flow
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| -rrhaphy | suturing in place
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| -rrhea | flow or discharge
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -sarcoma | malignant tumor
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| -schisis | split, fissure
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| -sclerosis | hardening
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| -scope | instrument for examining
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| -scopy | visual examination
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| -sepsis | infection
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| -spasm | sudden involuntary muscle contraction
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| -stasis | control, stop
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| -stenosis | narrowing
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| -stomy | surgical opening
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| -tome | instrument for
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| -tomy | cutting, incision
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| -tripsy | surgical crushing
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| -trophy | nourishment, development
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| -ule | little
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