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Medical Terminology Chapter 2
Suffixes p-v
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Undergraduate 1
08/27/2008
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-para
 Definition
bearing
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-paresis
 Definition
slight paralysis
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-parous
 Definition
producing, bearing
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
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-penia
 Definition
deficiency
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-pepsia
 Definition
digestion
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-pexy
 Definition
fixation, usually done surgically
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-phage, -phagia, -phagy
 Definition
eating, devouring
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-phasia
 Definition
speaking
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-pheresis
 Definition
removal
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-phil
 Definition
attraction, affinity for
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-philia
 Definition
attraction, affinity for
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-phobia
 Definition
fear
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-phonia
 Definition
sound
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-phoresis
 Definition
carrying
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-phoria
 Definition
feeling, carrying
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-phrenia
 Definition
of the mind
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-phthisis
 Definition
wasting away
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-phylaxis
 Definition
protection
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physis
 Definition
growing
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-plakia
 Definition
plaque
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-plasia
 Definition
formation
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-plasm
 Definition
formation
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-plastic
 Definition
forming
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
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-plegic
 Definition
one who is paralyzed
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-pnea
 Definition
breath
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-poiesis
 Definition
formation
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-poietic
 Definition
forming
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-poietin
 Definition
one that forms
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-porosis
 Definition
lessening in density
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-ptosis
 Definition
falling down, drooping
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-rrhage
 Definition
discharge heavily
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-rrhagia
 Definition
heavy discharge
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-rrhaphy
 Definition
surgical suturing
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-rrhea
 Definition
a flowing, a flux
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-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
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-schisis
 Definition
splitting
Term
-scope
 Definition
instument (especially one used for observing or measuring)
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-scopy
 Definition
use of an instrument for observing
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-somnia
 Definition
sleep
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-spasm
 Definition
contraction
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-stalsis
 Definition
contraction
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-stasis
 Definition
stopping, constant
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-stat
 Definition
agent to maintain a state
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-static
 Definition
maintaining a state
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-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing
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-stomy
 Definition
opening
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-tome
 Definition
cutting instrument, segment
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-tomy
 Definition
cutting operation
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-trophic
 Definition
nutritional
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-trophy
 Definition
nutrition
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-tropia
 Definition
turning
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-tropic
 Definition
turning toward
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-tropy
 Definition
condition of turning toward
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-uria
 Definition
urine
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-version
 Definition
turning
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