Introduction to Medical Language Suffixes
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Pertaining To | -ac
-al
-ar
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-eal
-ic
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Condition | -ia
-ism
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Tissue or Structure | -ium
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Condition or Procedure | -y
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Small | -icle
-ole
-ule
-ula
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Medical Science | -iatrics
-iatry
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Specialist in Medicine of | -iatrist
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Specialist | -ist
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Specialist in the Study of | -logist
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Study of | -logy
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Pain | -algia
-dynia
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Hernia (a bulging tissue into an area where it doesn't belong) | -cele
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Blood Condition | -emia
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Presence of | -iasis
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Inflammation | -itis
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Loosen or Break Down | -lysis
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Abnormal Softening | -malacia
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Enlargement | -megaly
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Resembling | -oid
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Tumor | -oma
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Condition | -osis
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Disease | -pathy
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Deficiency | -penia
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Excessive Flow | -rrhage
-rrhagia
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Flow | -rrhea
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Rupture | -rrhexis
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Involuntary Contraction | -spasm
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Puncture | -centesis
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Written Record | -gram
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Instrument Used to Produce a Record | -graph
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Writing Procedure | -graphy
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Instrument Used to Measure | -meter
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Process of Measuring | -metry
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Instrument Used to Look | -scope
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Process of Looking | -scopy
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Binding or Fixation | -desis
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Removal | -ectomy
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Surgical Fixation | -pexy
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Reconstruction | -plasty
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Suture | -rrhaphy
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Creation of and Opening | -stomy
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Incision | -tomy
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