Suffixes from Willis Medical Terminology Textbook
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| -algia | pain
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| -dynia | pain
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| -genesis | origin or production
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| -lysis | breaking down or dissolution
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -oid | resembling
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| -penia | abnormal reduction
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| -rrhea | discharge
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| -spasm | involuntary contraction
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| -cele | pouching or hernia
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| -ectasis | expansion or dilation
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -iasis | formation or presence of
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -malacia | softening
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| -oma | tumor
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| -osis | condition or increase
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| -phil | attraction for
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| -philia | attraction for
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| -ptosis | falling or downward displacement
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| -rrhage | to burst forth (usually blood)
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| -rrhagia | to burst forth (usually blood)
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -centesis | puncture for aspiration
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| -desis | binding
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| -ectomy | excision or removal
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| -pexy | suspension or fixation
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| -plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction
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| -rrhaphy | suture
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| -tomy | incision
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| -stomy | creation of an opening
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| -tripsy | crushing
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| -e | noun marker
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| -ia | condition of
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| -ism | condition of
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| -ium | structure or tissue
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| -ation | condition of process of
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| -y | condition or process of
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| -ac | Adjective ending = "pertaining to"
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| -al | Adjective ending = "pertaining to"
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| -ar | Adjective ending = "pertaining to"
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| -ary | Adjective ending = "pertaining to"
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| -eal | Adjective ending = "pertaining to"
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| -ic | Adjective ending = "pertaining to"
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| -ous | Adjective ending = "pertaining to"
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| -tic | Adjective ending = "pertaining to"
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| -icle | diminutive ending = "small"
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| -ole | diminutive ending = "small"
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| -ula | diminutive ending = "small"
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| -ule | diminutive ending = "small"
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| -gram | record
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| -graph | instrument for recording
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| -iatrics | treatment
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| -iatry | treatment
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| -logy | study of
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| -logist | one who specializes in the study or treatment of
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| -ist | one who specializes in
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| -meter | instrument for measuring
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| -metry | process of measuring
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| -poiesis | formation
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| -scope | instrument for examination
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| -scopy | examination
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| -stasis | stop or stand
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