Suffixes Sports Medicine

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-al

pertaining to

-ase

Enzyme

-blast

Budding

-centesis

Surgical puncture

-cidal

Death

-clast

Broken

-crit

To separate

-cyte

Cell

-ectomy

Excision or surgical removal

-emia

Blood condition

-emesis

Vomiting

-ia

Condition of, diseased or abnormal state

-ism

State of

-itis

Inflammation

-ology

Study of

-lyte

Dissolvable

-Lytic

Destroy;reduce

-mania

Madness or insane desire

-megaly

Enlargement

-meter

Instrument used to measure

-odia

Smell

-ologist

One who studies

-oma

Tumor or swelling

-opia

Vision

-opsy

To view

-orrhea

Flow, excessive discharge

-orrhexis

Rupture

-osis

Abnormal increase in production

-ostomy

Creation of an artificial opening

-otomy

Cut into or incision

-oxia

Oxygen

-pathy

Disease

-sclerosis

Hardening

-scope

Instrument used for visual examination

-scopy

Visual examination

-sepsis

Infection

-spasm

Sudden Involuntary muscle contraction

-stasis

Control or stop

-tropic

Influencing