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Medical Terms--Chapter Three
Suffixes
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10th Grade
09/18/2007
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Term
-cele
 Definition
hernia
Term
-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture, to remove fluid
Term
-coccus
 Definition
berry-shaped bacterium
Term
-dynia
 Definition
pain
Term
-genesis
 Definition
condition of producing, forming
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-lysio
 Definition
breakdown, destruction, seperation
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-penia
 Definition
effiencency
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-phobia
 Definition
fear
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-plasia
 Definition
development, formation, growth
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-ptosis
 Definition
drooping, sagging, prolapse
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-scelorsis
 Definition
hardening
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-scope
 Definition
instrument for visual examination
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-scopey
 Definition
process of visual examination
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-stasis
 Definition
stopping, controlling
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-stomy
 Definition
opening to form a mouth
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-therapy
 Definition
treatment
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-trophy
 Definition
development
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-er
 Definition
one who
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-ia
 Definition
condition
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-ist
 Definition
specialist
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-ole
 Definition
little, small
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-ule
 Definition
little, small
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-um/-ium
 Definition
structure, tissue
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-us
 Definition
structure, substance
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-y
 Definition
condition, process
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-ac/-iac
 Definition
pertaining to
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-al
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ar
 Definition
pertaining to
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-ary
 Definition
pertaining to
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-eal
 Definition
pertaining to
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-genic
 Definition
pertaining to, producing, produced by, in
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-ic/-ical
 Definition
pertaining to
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-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-ose
 Definition
pertaining to, full of
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-ous
 Definition
pertaining to
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-tic
 Definition
pertaining to
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