Medical Terms Suffixes (From Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and )
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| -algia | pertaining to pain
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| -asthen(o) | weakness
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| -blast | immature cell
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| -cele | pertaining to a tumor or swelling
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| -centesis | pertaining to a procedure in which an organ or body cavity is punctured, often to drain excess fluid or obtain a sample for analysis
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| -cyte | cell
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| -ectomy | surgical removal of
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| -emia | pertaining to the presence of a substance in the blood
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| -esthesi(o) | pertaining to sensation or perception
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| -genic | causing
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| -gram | record
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| -graph | a record or the to create the recordinstrument used
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -lysis | decline, disintegration, destruction or
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| -megaly | enlargement of
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| -ology | science of
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| -oma | tumor
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| -osis | pertaining to a disease (see also -sis)process
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| -ostomy | surgical creation of an opening
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| -pathy | disease or a system for treating disease
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| -phagia | pertaining to eating or swallowing
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| -phasia | pertaining to speech
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| -phobia | pertaining to an irrational fear
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| -plasty | plastic surgery
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| -pnea | pertaining to breathing
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| -ptosis | drooping
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| -rrhage | abnormal or excessive flow or discharge
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| -rrhagia | abnormal or excessive flow or discharge
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| -rrhaphy | suture of; repair of
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| -rrhea | flow or discharge
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| -scope | instrument for examination
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| -scopy | examination with an instrument
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| -sis | a process, action, or condition
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| -taxis | order, arrangement of
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| -trophic | pertaining to nutrition
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| -uria | pertaining to a substance in the urine or the condition so indicated
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