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Suffixes
For studying suffixes of medical terminology
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Medical
9th Grade
05/21/2011

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Term
-ac, -al, -ic, -ar, -ial, -ary, -ous, -tic, -eal
Definition
pertaining to, related to, located in
Term
-agra 
Definition
excessive pain
Term
-algia
Definition
pain
Term
-apheresis
Definition
removal
Term
-asthenia
Definition
weakness
Term
-ase
Definition
enzyme
Term
-ate
Definition
use, subject to
Term
-atresia
Definition
absence of normal body opening
Term
-capnia
Definition
carbon dioxide
Term
-cele
Definition
protrusion, hernia
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-centesis
Definition
surgical puncture to remove fluid
Term
-cidal
Definition
killing
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-clasia, -clast
Definition
break
Term
-cle, -cule, -ole, -ola, -ule, -ulum, -ulus
Definition
small
Term
-clysis
Definition
irragation, washing
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-coccus, -coccis
Definition
berry-shaped
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-crit
Definition
to separate
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-crine
Definition
separate, secrete
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-cyte
Definition
cell
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-desis
Definition
surgical fixation
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-drome
Definition
run, running
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-dynia
Definition
pain
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-ectasis
Definition
dilation, expansion
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-ectomy
Definition
surgical removal
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-ectopic
Definition
displacement
Term
-emesis
Definition
vomit
Term
-emia
Definition
blood condition
Term
-ent, -er, -ist, -or
Definition
person or agent
Term
-esis, -ia, -a, -ism, -ity, -y, -osis, -tion, -sis, -iasis,  -sia
Definition
state or condition, disease
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-form, -oid
Definition
resembling, shaped like
Term
-gen, -genic
Definition
producing, causing
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-genesis
Definition
beginning, origin
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-gram
Definition
record
Term
-graph
Definition
instrument that records
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-graphy
Definition
process of recording
Term
-iac
Definition
person afflicted with
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-ible, -ile
Definition
capable, able
Term
-ician
Definition
one who
Term
-ictal
Definition
seizure, attack
Term
-ist, -ologist
Definition
a specialist in
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-ites, -itis
Definition
inflammation
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-ium
Definition
membrane
Term
-ize
Definition
use, subject to
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-logy
Definition
science, study of
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-lysis, -lytic
Definition
destory, dissolution, separation
Term
-ma, -mat 
Definition
disease, condition
Term
-malacia
Definition
softening
Term
-mania
Definition
madness
Term
-megaly
Definition
enlargement
Term
-metor
Definition
instrument used to measure
Term
-metry
Definition
measurement
Term
-morph
Definition
form, shape
Term
-oma
Definition
tumor
Term
-opsy
Definition
to view
Term
-oxia
Definition
oxygen
Term
-paresis
Definition
slight paralysis
Term
-pathy
Definition
disease
Term
-penia
Definition
deficient, lacking
Term
-pepsia
Definition
digestion
Term
-pexy, -pexis
Definition
fixation, storing
Term
-phagia, -phagy
Definition
eating, swallowing
Term
-philia, -phily
Definition
love
Term
-phobia
Definition
abnormal fear, intolerance
Term
-phonia
Definition
pertaining to sound
Term
-phoria
Definition
feeling
Term
-physis
Definition
growth
Term
-plasia, -plasm
Definition
formation, development
Term
-plasty
Definition
surgical repair
Term
-plegia
Definition
paralysis
Term
-pnea
Definition
breathing
Term
-poiesis
Definition
formation
Term
-porosis
Definition
passage
Term
-prandial
Definition
meal
Term
-praxia
Definition
in front of, before
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-ptosis
Definition
drooping, downward displacement
Term
-rrhage, rrhagia
Definition
excessive flow
Term
-rrhaphy
Definition
suturing in place
Term
-rrhea
Definition
flow or discharge
Term
-rrhexis
Definition
rupture
Term
-sarcoma
Definition
malignant tumor
Term
-schisis
Definition
split, fissure
Term
-sclerosis
Definition
hardening
Term
-scope
Definition
instrument for examining
Term
-scopy
Definition
visual examination
Term
-sepsis
Definition
infection
Term
-spasm
Definition
sudden involuntary muscle contraction
Term
-stasis
Definition
control, stop
Term
-stenosis
Definition
narrowing
Term
-stomy
Definition
surgical opening
Term
-tome
Definition
instrument
Term
-tomy
Definition
cutting, incision
Term
-tripsy
Definition
surgical crushing
Term
-trophy
Definition
nourishment, development
Term
-ule
Definition
little
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