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Medical Terminology - Suffixes
Includes: operative, symptomatic, diagnostic suffixes; suffixes denoting size and a part of speech
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01/18/2011
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-centesis
 Definition
puncture
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
excision, removal
Term
-tomy
 Definition
incision, cut into
Term
-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair or reconstruction
Term
-lysis
 Definition
separation, loosening
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-tripsy
 Definition
crushing
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-algia
 Definition
pain
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-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
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-genic, -genesis
 Definition
forming, origin
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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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, flow
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-spasm
 Definition
involuntary contraction
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-stasis
 Definition
standing still
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-ole, -icle, -ula, -ule
 Definition
small, minute
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-ia, -ism, -y
 Definition
condition
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-iatry
 Definition
treatment, medicine
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-ist
 Definition
specialist
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-ium
 Definition
structure; tissue
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ical, -ory, -ous, -tic
 Definition
pertaining to; relating to
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-emia
 Definition
blood
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-iasis
 Definition
abnormal condition, presence
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-lith
 Definition
stone, calculus
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
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-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition, increase
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-paresis
 Definition
partial paralysis
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
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-phagia
 Definition
eating, swallowing
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-phasia
 Definition
speech
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-philia
 Definition
attraction
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-phobia
 Definition
fear
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-plasia
 Definition
formation, growth
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-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
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-poiesis
 Definition
formation, production
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-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing, stricture
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-toxic
 Definition
poison
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-trophy
 Definition
development
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-gram
 Definition
record of
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-logist
 Definition
one who specializes in
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-logy
 Definition
study of
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-meter
 Definition
instrument for measuring
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-metry
 Definition
process of measuring
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-scope
 Definition
instrument for examining
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-scopy
 Definition
examination
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