Chapter 3
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| -a | a noun ending
ex. cyanoderma
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| -emia | blood condition
ex. hyperglycemia
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| -ia | condition
ex. paraplegia
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| -iatry | medical treatment, medical profession
ex. podiatry
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| -ion | action, process
ex. conduction
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| -ism | condition
ex. hirsutism
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| -ist | practitioner
ex. pharmacist
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| -ole | small or little
ex. ateriole
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| -osis | condition
ex. cyanosis
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| -tion | process of
ex. relaxation
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| -y | y is a noun ending
ex. myopathy
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| -ac | pertaining to
ex. cardiac
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| -al | pertaining to
ex. duodenal
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| -ar | pertaining to
ex. ventricular
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| -ary | pertaining to; relating to
ex. pulmonary
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| -eal | pertaining to
ex. esophageal
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| -ic | pertaining to
ex. thoracic
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| -ical | pertaining to (combination of ic & al)
ex. neurological
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| -oid | resembling
ex. mucoid
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| -ous | pertaining to
ex. venous
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| -tic | pertaining to
ex. cyanotic
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| -ician | specialist in a field of study
ex. obstetrician
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| -iatrics | relating to medicine, physicians, or medical treatment
ex. psychiatry
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| -iatry | medical treatment, medical profession
ex. psychiatry
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| -iatrist | one who treats; a physician
ex. psychiatrist
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| -ian | specialist in a field of study
ex. geritrician
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| -ist | practitioner
ex. pharmacist
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| -logist | one who specializes in the study of
ex. biologist
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| -logy | the study of
ex. biology
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| -centesis | surgical puncture
ex. amniocentesis
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| -clasis | crushing or breaking up
ex. osteoclasis
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| -ectomy | surgical removal
ex. appendectomy
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| -gram | record or picture
ex. electrocardigram
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| -graph | an instrument used to record
ex. electrocardiograph
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| -graphy | process of recording
ex. electrocardiography
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| -lysis | destruction or detachment
ex. dialysis
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| -meter | an instrument used to measure
ex. pelvimeter
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| -metry | the process of measuring
ex. pelvimetry
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| -pexy | surgical fixation
ex. colpopexy
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| -plasty | surgical repair
ex. rhinoplasty
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| -rrhapy | suturing
ex. nephrorrhaphy
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| -scope | an instrument used to view
ex. ophthalmoscope
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| -scopy | the process of viewing with a scope
ex. ophthalmoscopy
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| -stomy | the surgical creation of an opening.
ex. colostomy
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| -tomy | incision into
ex. phelbotomy
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| -cyte | cell
ex. leukocyte
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| -dynia | pain
ex. cephalodynia
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| -ectasia | stretching or dilatation
ex. gastrectasia
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| -genesis | generating; formation
ex. lithogenesis
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| -genic | pertaining to, formation, producing
ex. lithogenic
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| -gravida | pregnancy
ex. multigravida
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| -iasis | presence of abnormal condition
ex. cholelithiasis
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| -iatrician | one who treats; physician
ex. pediatrician
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| -lepsy | seizure, attack
ex. narcolepsy
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| -lith | stone
ex. rhinolith
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| -lithiasis | presence or formation of stones
ex. cholethiasis
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| -lytic | destruction
ex. keratolytic
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| -mania | a mental disorder; a madness
ex. megalomania
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| -megaly | enlargement
ex. cardiomegaly
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| -oma | tumor
ex. lipoma
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| -opia | visual condition
ex. myopia
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| -pathy | disease
ex. adenopathy
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| -penia | decrease in; deficiency
ex. leukocytopenia
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| -philia | attracted to
ex. necrophilia
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| -phobia | abnormal fear
ex. necrophobia
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| -plasia | formation or development
ex. hyperplasia
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| -plegia | paralysis
ex. hemiplehia
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| -pnea | breathing
ex. dyspnea
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| -ptosis | drooping or prolapse
ex. colpoptosis
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| rrhagia | excessive flow or discharge
ex. gastrorrhagia
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| -rrhea | discharge, flow
ex. rhinorrhea
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| -rrhexis | rupture
ex. arteriorrhexis
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| -stasis | stopping or controlling
ex. hemostasis
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| -tripsy | intentional crushing
ex. lithotripsy
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| -ula | small, little
ex. macula
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| -uria | a characteristic of urine
ex. hematuria
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