Common Medical Suffixes
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| -cyte | cell
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| -phagia | swallow, eat or drink
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| -pathy | disease
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -oma | tumor, mass
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| -algia | pain
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| -ad | towards, in the direction of
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| -malacia | softening
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| -asthenia | weakness
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| -crine | to secrete
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| -dynia | pain
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| -ectomy | surgical removal
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| -ectasis | expansion and dilation
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| -gram | picture or record
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| -lepsy | attack or seizure
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| -iatry | study of medicine
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| -meter | instrument for measuring
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| -plasty | plastic repair
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| -osis | abnormal condition
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| -scopy | visual examination
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| -pexy | surgical fixation
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| -ostomy | surgically create an opening
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| -otomy | cutting into, incision
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| -ology | study of
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| -lysis | destruction or breakdown of
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| -algesia | sensitivity to pain
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| -apheresis | removal
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| -assay |
to examine, analyze
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| -cele | hernia, protrusion
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| -lith | stone
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| -cytosis | abnormal cell condition
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| -edema | swelling
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| -emesis | vomiting
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| -emia | condition of the blood
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| -lytic | destruction
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| -megaly | enlargement, large
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| -penia | too few
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| -phobia | fear
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| -ptosis | drooping
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| -rrhage | bursting forth
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| -rrhea | discharge, flow
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -sclerosis | hardened condition
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| -spasm | involuntary muscle contrations
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| -stasis | stopping
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| -stenosis | narrowing
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| -uria | condition of the urine
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| -clasia | surgical breaking
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| -desis | surgical fixation
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| -rrhaphy | suture
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| -tripsy | crushing
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| -centesis | punture to withdraw fluid
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| -grapgy | process of recording
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| -scope | instrument for viewing
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| -derma | skin condition
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| -esthesia | feeling, sensation
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| -kinesia | movement
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| -opia | vision
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| -osmia | sense of smell
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| -oxia | oxygen
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| -partum | birth, labor
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| -pepsia | digestion
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| -pena | breathing
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| -therapy | treatment
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| -poiesis | formation
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| -phasia | speech
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| -genic | producing
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| -nanometer | instrument for measuring pressure
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| -iatrist | physician
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| -dipsia | thirst
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| -ptysis | spitting up, coughing
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| -ule | small
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| -trophy | nourishment, development
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| -cyesis | pregnancy
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| -porosis | porous
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