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EMT Abbreviations
medical suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
01/15/2009
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-able

-ible

 Definition
ability
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-al
 Definition
pertaining to
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-algia
 Definition
pain in
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-ase

 Definition
enzyme
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-asthenia
 Definition
weakness in
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-blast
 Definition
embryotic cell
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture of
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-cidal
 Definition
killing
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-clast
 Definition
broken
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-crit
 Definition
to seperate
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-cyesis
 Definition
pregnancy
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
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-dipsia
 Definition
thirst
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-drome
 Definition
disease
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-ectasis
 Definition

stretching

dilation
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-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal of
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-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
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-emia
 Definition
in the blood
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-er
 Definition
one who
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-esthesia
 Definition
sensation
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-gen
 Definition
substance or agent that causes/produces
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-genesis
 Definition
origin
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-glia
 Definition
glue
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-gnosis
 Definition
knowledge
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-gram
 Definition
something written
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-graph(y)
 Definition
visualization of
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-gravida
 Definition
number of pregnancies
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-ia
 Definition
condition of diseased/abnormal state
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-iasis
 Definition
a pathological condition
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-ischemia
 Definition
lack of oxygen
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-ism
 Definition

condition

state

theory

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-ist
 Definition
specialist
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-itia
 Definition
inflammation
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation of
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-ity
 Definition
quality
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-logy
 Definition
study of
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-logist
 Definition
one who studies
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-lyte
 Definition
dissolvable
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-lytic
 Definition

destroy

reduce

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-malad/ia
 Definition
softening of
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-mania
 Definition
madness
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement of
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-meter
 Definition
instrument used to measure
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-metry
 Definition
process of measuring
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-odia
 Definition
smell
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-oid
 Definition

like

resembling

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-oma
 Definition
tumor of
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-opia
 Definition
vision
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-opsy
 Definition
to view
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-osis
 Definition

disease

condition of

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-ostomy

-stomy

Definition
create an artificial opening
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-otomy

-tomy

Definition

cut into

incision

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-ous
 Definition

possessing

having

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-oxia
 Definition
oxygen
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-paresis
 Definition
weakening of
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-pathy
 Definition
disease of
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-penia
 Definition
decrease in
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-pepsis
 Definition
digestion
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-pexy
 Definition
fixation
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-phagia
 Definition
eating
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-phasia
 Definition
speech
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-phobia
 Definition
fear of
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair of
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-plasia
 Definition

formation

change in development

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-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
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-pnea
 Definition
breathing
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-poros
 Definition
passageway
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-ptosis
 Definition
prolapse of
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-rrhaphy
 Definition

suturing

stitching of

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-rrhagia
 Definition
burstinng forth of blood
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-rrhea
 Definition
profuse flow
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-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture of
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-scope
 Definition
visual examination instrument
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-scopy
 Definition

to examine

see

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-sclerosis
 Definition
hardening
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-sepsis
 Definition
infection
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-spasm
 Definition
sudden, involuntary muscle contraction
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-stasis
 Definition

control

stop

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-tension
 Definition
tension?
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-therapy
 Definition
treatment
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-tion
 Definition

condition

action

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-tocia
 Definition
labor
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-tome
 Definition
cutting instrument
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-tonic
 Definition
solution
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-tripsy
 Definition
rubbing
grinding
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-tropic
 Definition
influencing
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