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Chapter 1:
Basic Suffixes
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05/09/2012

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