Medical Terminology Suffixes
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-ad | toward, increase
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-algesia | sensitvity to pain
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-algia | pain
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-cele | swelling or herniation
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-centesis | surgical puncture
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-cide | to kill; to destroy
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-cyte | cell
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-dynia | pain
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-ectasia | stretching or dilatation
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-ectomy | surgical removal
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-emia | blood condition
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-er | one who
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-genesis | generating; formation
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-genic | producing
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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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-iasis | presence of and abnormal condition (specific)
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-ion | action; process
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-ism | condition
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-itis | inflammation
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-lepsy | seizure, attack
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-lith | stone
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-lithiasis | presence or formation of stones
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-lysis | destruction or detachment
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-lytic | destruction
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-mania | a mental disorder
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-megaly | enlargement
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-meter | instrument used to measure
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-metry | process of measuring
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-oid | resembling
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-ole | small or little
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-oma | tumor
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-opia | visual condition
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-osis | condition
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-pathy | disease
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-penia | decrease in; deficiency
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-pexy | surgical fixation
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-philia | attracted to
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-phobia | abnormal fear
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-plasia | formation or development
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-plasty | surgical repair
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-plegia | paralysis
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-pnea | breathing
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-ptosis | drooping or prolapse
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-rrhagia | excessive flow or discharge
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-rrhaphy | suturing
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-rrhea | discharge; flow
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-rrhexis | rupture
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-scope | instrument used to view
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-scopy | process of viewing with a scope
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-stasis | -stopping or controlling
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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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-ula | small, little
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-ule | "small one"
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-uria | a characteristic of the urine
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-logist | specializes in the study of
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-logy | the study of
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