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Medical Terminology
cardiovascular system terminology- suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
09/08/2026
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-ac
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ade
 Definition
action or process
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-al
 Definition
pertaining to
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-algia
 Definition
pain
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-apheresis
 Definition
removal, carrying away
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-ac
 Definition
pertaining to
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-crasia
 Definition
a mixture of blending (often used om relation to blood)
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-cytesis
 Definition
condition of cells
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-dynia
 Definition
pain
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-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal
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-emic
 Definition
blood condition
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-gram
 Definition
record or picture
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-graph
 Definition
instrument for recording
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-ia
 Definition
condition
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-ic
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ion
 Definition
process
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-ior
 Definition
pertaining to
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-logist
 Definition
specialist in the study of
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-lysis
 Definition
destruction, breakdown
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-ous
 Definition
pertaining to
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-penia
 Definition
deficiency
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-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-poiesis
 Definition
formation
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-rrhage
 Definition
bursting, forth, excessive flow
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-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening
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-scope
 Definition
instrument for viewing
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-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing
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-stasis
 Definition
stopping, controlling
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