Medical Terminology Suffixes
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-algesia | pain
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-algia | pain
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-arche | beginning
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-ase | enzyme
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-asthenia | weakness
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-capnia | carbon dioxide
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-cele | hernia; protrusion, swelling
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-centesis | puncture
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-cide | to kill
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-clasis | break, fracture
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-clysis | injection
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-crit | to separate
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-cusis | hearing
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-cyesis | pregnancy
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-cyte | cell
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-desis | fixation, binding (of a bone or joint)
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-dynia | pain
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-ectasis | dilation; stretching, expansion
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-ectomy | removal; excision
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-emesis | vomiting
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-emia | blood
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-gen | born, or producing
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-genesis, genic | producing, forming, origin
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-glia | glue
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-globin | protein
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-gnosis | knowledge
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-gram | record, a writing
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-graph | instrument for recording
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-graphy | process of recording
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-ia | condition
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-iasis | abnormal condition (usually produced by something specific)
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-ic | pertaining to
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-icle | small
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-ist | one who specializes
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-itis | inflammation
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-kinesis | movement, motion
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-lith | stone, calculus
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-logist | specialist in the study of
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-logy | study of
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-lysis | breaking up; separation, destruction
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-malacia | softening
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-mania | madness
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-megaly | enlargement
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-metry | act of measuring
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-meter | instrument for measuring
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-mnesia | memory
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-oid | like; resembling
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-ole | small
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-oma | tumor
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-opia | vision
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-osis | abnormal (morbid) condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells)
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-para | to bear (offspring)
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-paresis | partial paralysis
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-pathy | disease; emotion
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-penia | deficiency, decrease
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-pexy | fixation; to put in place (of an organ)
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-phagia | eat; swallow
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-phasia | speech
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-philia | attraction for
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-phobia | fear of
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-phonia | sound; voice
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-plasia | development; formation, growth
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-plasm | formation
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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, production
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-ptosis | drooping, prolapse, downward displacement
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-ptysis | spitting
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-rrhage, rrhagia | burst forth
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-rrhaphy | suture
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-rrhea | flow, discharge
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-rrhexis | rupture
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-sclerosis | hardening
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-scope | instrument for visual examination
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-scopy | visual inspection
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-spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching
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-stasis | stopping; control, standing still
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stenosis | stricture; narrowing
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-stomy | new opening, forming an opening
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-therapy | treatment
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-tome | instrument for cutting
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-tomy | incision, cut into
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-toxic | poison
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-tripsy | crushing
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-trophy | nourishment; development
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-ula | small
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-ule | small
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-uria | urine
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-version | to turn
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-y | process
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