Suffix Terms
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| -ac,-ic,-al,-ial,-ary,-ous,-tic,-eal | Pertaining to, related to, located in
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| -agra | excessive pain
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| -algia | pain and suffering
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| -aphresis | 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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| -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,-ola,-ule,-ulum,-ulus | small
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| -coccus, -coccis | berry shaped
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| -crit | to seperate
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| -crine | seperate, 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,-ist,-or | person or agent
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| -esis,-ia,-a,-ism,-osis,-tion,-sis,-iasis,-sia | state or condition, disease
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| -gen, -genic | producing, causing
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| -genesis | beginning, orgin
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| -gram | record
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| -graph | process of recording
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| -graphy | process of recording
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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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| -it is, ites | inflammation
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| -ium | membrane
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| -logy | science, study of
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| -lysis, -lytic | destroy, dissolution, seperation
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| -ma, -mat | disease, condition
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| -malacia | abnormal softening
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| -mania | madness
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| -megaly | abnormal enlargement
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| -metry | measurement
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| -morph | form, shape
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| -necrosis | tissue death
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| -oma | tumor
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| -opsy | to view
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| -osis | abnormal condition
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| -ostomy | surgical opening
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| -otomy | cutting, incision
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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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| -phagia, -phagy | eating, swallowing
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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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| -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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| -rrhage, -rraghia | excessive flow, bleeding
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| -rrhaphy | suture
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| -rrhea | abnormal flow or discharge
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -sarcoma | malignant tumor
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| -sclerosis | abnormal 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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| -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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