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MEDTR110 Chap3
Suffixes
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
03/19/2024
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Term
-algia and -dynia
 Definition
Pain
Term
-cele
 Definition
hernia
Term
-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to remove fluid
Term
-coccus (s) -cocci (p)
 Definition
Berry-shaped bacterium
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-emia
 Definition
blood condition
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-genesis
 Definition
condition of producing, forming
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-graph
 Definition
instrument for recording
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-graphy
 Definition
Process of recording
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-lysis
 Definition
Breakdown, destruction, separation
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-malacia
 Definition
Softening
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-megaly
 Definition
Enlargement
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-opsy
 Definition
to view
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-osis
 Definition
condition, usually abnormal
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-penia
 Definition
Deficiency
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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, falling, prolapse
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-rrhea
 Definition
flow, discharge
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-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening
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-stasis
 Definition
controlling, stopping
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-stomy
 Definition
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
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-therapy
 Definition
treatment
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-trophy
 Definition
development, nourishment
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-er
 Definition
one who
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-ia
 Definition
condition
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-oid
 Definition
Resembling, derived from
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-ole and -ule
 Definition
little, small
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-um and -ium
 Definition

 

structure or tissue
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-us
 Definition
structure, substance
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-y
 Definition
Condition, process
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-ac, -iac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ous, -tic
 Definition
Pertaining to
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-genic
 Definition
pertaining to, producing, produced by or in
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-ose
 Definition
pertaining to, full of
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