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Musculoskeletal Suffixes
Medical Terminology
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08/10/2025
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-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
surgical suturing
Term
-blast
 Definition
immature cell
Term
-cele
 Definition
hernia, swelling
Term
-clasis
 Definition
surgical fracture or breaking
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-cyte
 Definition
Cell
Term
-asthenia
 Definition
weakness
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-desis
 Definition
surgical binding or fixation
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-dynia
 Definition
pain
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-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal
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-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
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-genesis
 Definition
formation or origin
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-gram
 Definition
record or picture
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-kinesis
 Definition
movement
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-logy
 Definition
study of
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-lysis
 Definition
breakdown, seperation, destruction
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-metry
 Definition
measurement
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-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-oisis
 Definition
abdnormal condition
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
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-penia
 Definition
defeciency
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-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
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