Chapter 2 Medical Terminology: Suffixes

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-centesis

surgical puncture

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-drome

to run

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-er

one who

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-genic

producing, produced by, produced in

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-iac

pertaining to

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-ion

process

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-ium

structure, tissue

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-lapse

to slide, fall, sag

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-logy

study of, process of

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-mission

to send

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-opsy

to view, view of

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-or

one who

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-ose

pertaining to, full of

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-plasia

development, formation, growth

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-ptom

happening, occurrence

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-sis

state of, condition

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-us

structure, substance, thing

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-clasis

to break, surgical fracture

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-desis

binding, fixation of bone or joint

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-ectomy

excision, removal

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-lysis

separation, destruction, loosening

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-pexy

fixation (of an organ)

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-plasty

surgical repair

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-rraphy

suture

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-stomy

forming an opening (mouth)

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-tome

instrument to cut

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-tomy

incision

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-tripsy

crushing

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-gram

record, writing

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-graph

instrument to record

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-graphy

process of recording

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-scope

instrument for examining

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-scopy

visual examination

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-algia, -dynia

pain

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-cele

hernia, swelling

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-ecstasis

dilation, expansion

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-emesis

vomiting

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-emia

blood condition

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-gen, -genesis

forming, producing, origin

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-itis

inflammation

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-malacia

softening

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-megaly

enlargement

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-oma

tumor

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-osis

abnormal condition; increase (mainly with blood cells)

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-pathy

disease

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-penia

decrease, deficiency

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-phobia

fear

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-plegia

paralysis

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-ptosis

prolapse, downward displacement

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-rrhea

discharge, flow

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-rrhexis

rupture

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-sclerosis

abnormal hardening

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-spasm

involuntary contraction

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-stenosis

narrowing, stricture

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-toxic

poison

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-ac

pertaining to

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-al

pertaining to

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-an

pertaining to

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-ar

pertaining to

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-ary

pertaining to

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-eal

pertaining to

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-ial

pertaining to

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-ical

pertaining to

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-ine

pertaining to

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-ior

pertaining to

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-ory

pertaining to

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-ous

pertaining to

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-tic

pertaining to

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-ago

pathology, abnormal condition or disease

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-esis

pathology, abnormal condition or disease

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-ia

pathology, abnormal condition or disease

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-iasis

pathology, abnormal condition or disease

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-ion

pathology, abnormal condition or disease

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-ism

pathology, abnormal condition or disease

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-osis

pathology, abnormal condition or disease

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-a

suffixes as noun endings

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-e

suffixes as noun endings

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-um

suffixes as noun endings

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-us

suffixes as noun endings

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-y

suffixes as noun endings

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-ist, -iatry

medicine, treatment

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-y

condition, process

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-icle, -ole, -ule

small, minute