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COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY FIFTH EDITION - SUFFIXES

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TERM
MEANING
CEPHAL   HEAD  
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-DYNIA   PAIN  
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-ALGIA   PAIN  
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-A   NOUN  
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-ATE   SOMETHING THAT  
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-E   NOUN  
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-EMIA   BLOOD CONDITION  
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-ER   ONE WHO  
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-ESIS   CONDITION OF  
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-IA   NOUN ENDING; CONDITION  
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-IATRY   MEDICAL TREATMENT, MEDICAL PROFESSION  
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-ION   ACTION, PROCESS  
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-ISM   CONDITION  
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-IST   PRACTITIONER  
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-OLE   SMALL OR LITTLE  
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-OSIS   CONDITION  
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-TION   PROCESS OF  
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-ULA   SMALL, LITTLE  
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-ULE   "SMALL ONE"  
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-UM   IDENTIFIES SINGULAR NOUN  
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-US   IDENTIFIES SINGULAR NOUN  
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-Y   CONDITION; PROCESS  
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AC   PERTAINING TO  
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-AL   PERTAINING TO  
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-AR   PERTAINING TO  
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-ARY   PERTAINING TO  
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-EAL   PERTAINING TO  
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-IC   PERTAINING TO  
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-ICAL   COMBO OF -IC AND -AL  
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-ILE   PERTAINING TO; CAPABLE  
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-OID   RESEMBLING  
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-ORY   PERTAINING TO; CHARACTERIZED  
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-OUS   PERTAINING TO  
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-TIC   PERTAINING TO  
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-ICIAN   SPECIALIST IN A FIELD OF STUDY  
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-IATRICS   RELATING TO MEDICINE; PHYSICIANS, OR MEDICAL TREATMENT  
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-IATRY   MEDICAL TREATMENT, MEDICAL PROFESSION  
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-IATRIST   ONE WHO TREATS; A PHYSICIAN  
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-IAN   SPECIALIST IN A FIELD OF STUDY  
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-IST   PRACTITIONER  
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-LOGIST   SPECIALIZES IN THE STUDY OF  
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-LOGY   THE STUDY OF  
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-CENTESIS   SURGICAL PUNCTURE  
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-CLASIS   CRUSHING OR BREAKING UP  
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-DESIS   BINDING OR SURGICAL FUSION  
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-ECTOMY   SURGICAL REMOVAL  
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-GRAM   RECORD OR PICTURE  
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-GRAPH   INSTRUMENT USED TO RECORD  
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-GRAPHY   PROCESS OF RECORDING  
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-IZE   TO MAKE; TO TREAT OR COMBINE WITH  
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-LYSIS   DESTRUCTION OR DETACHMENT  
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-METER   AN INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE  
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-METRY   THE PROCESS OF MEASURING  
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-OPSY   PROCESS OF VIEWING  
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-PEXY   SURGICAL FIXATION  
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-PLASTY   SURGICAL REPAIR  
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-RRHAPHY   SUTURING  
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-SCOPE   INSTRUMENT USED TO VIEW  
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-SCOPY   PROCESS OF VIEWING WITH A SCOPE  
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-STOMY   SURGICAL CREATION OF A NEW OPENING  
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-TOMY   INCISION INTO  
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-TRIPSY   INTENTIONAL CRUSHING  
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