Medical Terminology Quick & Concise Suffixes
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| -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous, -tic | pertaining to
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| -algia, -odynia | pain
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| -cele | pouching or hernia
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| -centesis | punture for aspiration
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| -desis | binding
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| -ectomy | excision or removal
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| -emia | blood condition
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| -genesis | origin or production
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| -genic | pertaining to origin
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| -graft | transfer
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| -gram | record
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| -graph | instrument for recording
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -ia, -ism | condition of
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| -iasis | formation or presence of
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| -icle, -ole, -ule | small
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| -ist | one who specializes in
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -ium | structure or tissue
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| -lepsy | seizure
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| -logist | one who specializes in the study or treatment of
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| -logy | study of
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| -malacia | softening
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| -mania | condition of abnormal impulse toward or frenzy
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -meter | instrument for measuring
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| -metry | process of measuring
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| -oma | tumor
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| -opsy | process of viewing
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| -osis | condition or increase
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| -penia | abnormal reduction
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| -pexy | suspension or fixation
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| -phil | attraction for
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| -phobia | condition of abnormal fear or sensitivity
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| -plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| -pnea | breathing
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| -poiesis | formation
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| -ptosis | falling or downward displacement
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| -rrhage, rrhagia | to burst forth
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| -rrhaphy | suture
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| -rrhea | discharge
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| -scope | instrument for examination
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| -scopy | process of examination
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| -spasm | involuntary contraction
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| -stasis | stop or stand
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| -stomy | creation of an opening
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| -tomy | incision
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| -tripsy | crushing
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| -y | condition or process of
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