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EMT Common Suffixes
Emergency Medicine Medical Terminology
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Undergraduate 1
01/26/2020

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-algia
Definition
pertaining to pain
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-asthen(o)
Definition
weakness
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-blast
Definition
immature cell
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-cele
Definition
pertaining to a tumor or swelling
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-centesis
Definition
pertaining to a procedure in which an organ or body cavity is punctured, often to drain excess fl uid or obtain a sample for analysis
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-cyte
Definition
cell
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-ectomy
Definition
surgical removal of
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-emia
Definition
pertaining to the presence of a substance in the blood
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-genic
Definition
causing
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-gram
Definition
record
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-graph
Definition
a record or the instrument used to create the record
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-itis
Definition
inflammation
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-lysis
Definition
decline, disintegration, or destruction
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-megaly
Definition
enlargement of
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-ology
Definition
science of
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-oma
Definition
tumor
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-osis
Definition
pertaining to a disease process (see also -sis
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-ostomy
Definition
surgical creation of an opening, or hole
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-otomy
Definition
surgical incision
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-pathy
Definition
disease or a system for treating disease
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-phagia
Definition
pertaining to eating or swallowing
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-phasia
Definition
pertaining to speech
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-phobia
Definition
pertaining to an irrational fear
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-plasty
Definition
plastic surgery
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-plegia
Definition
paralysis
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-pnea
Definition
pertaining to breathing
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-ptosis
Definition
drooping
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-rrhage
Definition
abnormal or excessive fl ow or discharge
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-rrhagia
Definition
abnormal or excessive fl ow or discharge
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-rrhaphy
Definition
suture of; repair of
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-rrhea
Definition
flow or discharge
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-scope
Definition
instrument for examination
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-scopy
Definition
examination with an instrument
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-sis
Definition
a process, action, or condition
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-taxis
Definition
order, arrangement of
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-trophic
Definition
pertaining to nutrition
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-uria
Definition
pertaining to a substance in the urine or the condition so indicated
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