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Suffixes (UNIT 3)
Class-Introduction to Patient Care CSPN-Central School of Practical Nursing
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Undergraduate 1
10/20/2008
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-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
-cele
 Definition
hernia, swellin
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture
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-cise
 Definition
cut
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-ectasis
 Definition
dilation, expansion
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-ectomy
 Definition
excision, removal
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-emia
 Definition
blood, condition of
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-gen
 Definition
to produce
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-gram
 Definition
a writing, record, reading
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-graph
 Definition
instrument for recording, writing
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-iasis

-ia

Definition
condition, presence of
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-logy
 Definition
study of
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
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-penia
 Definition
decrease, deficiency, lack of
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-phagia
 Definition
eating, ingestion, swallowing
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-phasia
 Definition
speech
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-paresis
 Definition
partial or incomplete paralysis
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-plasty
 Definition
formation, plastic repair, surgical repair
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-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
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-phobia
 Definition
fear of
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-rrhage
 Definition
burst forth
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-rrhea
 Definition
discharge, flow
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-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening
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-scope
 Definition
instrument to view or examine
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-scopy
 Definition
visual examination
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-stasis
 Definition
standing still
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-stomy
 Definition
mouth, forming new opening
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-tomy
 Definition
incision, cut into
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