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Basic Terminology
Principles unit - Suffixes
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Health Care
9th Grade
10/09/2014
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Term
-algia
 Definition
painful
Term
-asthenia
 Definition
weakness
Term
-cele
 Definition
hernia
Term
-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to remove fluid
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
-gram
 Definition
picture
Term
-malacia
 Definition
abnormal softening
Term
-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
Term
-necrosis
 Definition
death of tissue
Term
-ology
 Definition
study of
Term
-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
Term
-ostomy
 Definition
surgical opening
Term
-otomy
 Definition
surgical incision
Term
-orrhea
 Definition
flow
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease
Term
-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
suture
Term
-sclerosis
 Definition
abnormal hardening
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-scope
 Definition
instrument to view
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-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical correction or repair
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