Medical Terminology - Suffixes
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The ending (meaning) Disease, Disorder, Condition, Procedure, Process, Specialty, Test etc.
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-ostomy
Creating new opening
-otomy
Make an incision/Cut into
-ectomy
Excision/Removal of
-oscopy
Examination/Viewing of
-centesis
Puncture/Aspiration of
-plasty
Repair/Restore/Replace
-otripsy
Crush
-desis
Bind/Fuse together
-scope
Instrument for viewing
-opsy
Examination/Inspection
-gram
Record/Image/Picture
-graph
Instrument used to record
-graphy
Process of recording
-itis
Inflammation
-paresis
Weakness
-plegia
Paralysis
-rrhea
Discharge/Flow
-edema
Swelling
-odynia
Pain/Discomfort
-spasm
Muscle Contraction
-rrhage/rrhagia
Excessive Flow/Discharge
-algia
Pain
-megaly
Enlargement
-icle
Small/Microscopic
-constriction
narrow/Contract
-dilation
Expand/Widen
-eurysm
Expand/Widen
-genesis
Development/Production
-stasis
Control/Stop
-cele
hernia
-genic
Cause/Produced by
-ism
Condition
-ologist
Specialist
-ology
Study of
-oma
Tumor
-pathy
Disease
-osis
Condition
-penia
Deficiency
-pnea
Breathing
-emia
Blood condition
-um
Structure
-in
In
-gen
Produce
-us
Pertaining to
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