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Lesson 4 Compound Suffix
Medical Terminology
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Undergraduate 3
09/14/2008

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Term
-estasia, -ectasis
Definition
dilation, enlargement
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-ectomy
Definition
surgical excision; removal of all or part of an organ
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-gen
Definition
substance that produces (something)
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-genesis
Definition
formation, origin
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-genic
Definition
causing, producing, caused
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-genous
Definition
by, produced by or in
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-gram
Definition
a record of activity of an organ
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-graph
Definition
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ
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-graphy
Definition
the act of recording the activity of an organ
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-lysis
Definition
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration
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-lytic
Definition
pertaining to the the dissolution, reduction, disintegration
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-pathy
Definition
disease
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-ptosis
Definition
dropping, sagging, prolapse
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-rrhagia
Definition
profuse discharge, hemorrhage
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-rrhea
Definition
profuse discharge, excessive secretion
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-rrhexis
Definition
bursting (of tissues), rupture
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-scope
Definition
an instrument for examining
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-scopy
Definition
examination
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-tome
Definition
a surgical instrument for cutting
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-tomy
Definition
surgical incision
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