suffixes for medical terminalogy
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-algia | Pain, painful condition
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-cele | Hernia, tumor, swelling
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-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-cidal | pertaing to killing
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-constriction | narrowing
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-dipsia | thirst
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-ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out, excision
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-emesis | vomiting
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-emia | blood, blood condition
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-genic, -genesis | creation, reproduction, origin, beginning
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-gram | A picture or record
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-graph | A picture or record, machine for recording
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-graphy | Process of producing a picture or record
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-ia, -iasis | Abnormal condition, disease
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-ist | A person who practices, specialist
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-itis | Inflammation
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-kinesis | motion
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-lith | Stone, calculus
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-lithiasis | Presence of stones
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-logy | Study of, science of
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-lysis | Breakdown, separation, setting free, destructon, loosening
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-lytic | To reduce, destroy
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-megaly | Enlargement
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-metry | To measure
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-necrosis | Tissue death
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-ologist | specialist
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-ology | The science or study of
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-oma | Tumor, neoplasm
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-opaque | Obscure
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-pathy | Disease
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-opsia,-opsis, -opsy | Vision, to view
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-osis | abnormal condition, disease
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-ostomy | Surgically creating an opening
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-otomy | Cutting surging incision
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-paresi | Partial or incomplete paralysis
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-penia | Deficiency, lack, too few
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-phagia | Eating, swallowing, devouring
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-phasia | Speak or speech
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-plasty | Surgical repair
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_plegia | Paralysis, stroke
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-plegic | One affected with paralysis
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-pepsia | Digest or digestion
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-pnea | Breathing
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-rrhage,-rrhagia | Bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge
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-rrhea | Flow or discharge
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-sclerosis | Abnormal hardening
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-scope | Instrument for visual examination
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-scopy | Visual examination, act of examining or looking into
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-sis | Abnormal condition, disease
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-stasis, -static | Control, maintanence of a constant lvl
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-stenosis | Abnormal narrowing
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-tripsy | To crush
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-uresis | Urination
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-uria | Urination, urine
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-sepsis | Infection
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-ectopy | Displacement
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