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Lesson 4 Suffixes
Suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
07/07/2011

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Term
-ECTASIA, -ECTASIS
Definition
dilation, enlgargement
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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 the activity of an organ
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-GRAPH
Definition
an instrument for recording the activity of an organ
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-GRAHPY
Definition
the recording of the activity of an organ (usually by x-ray examination)
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-LYSIS
Definition
dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration 
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-LYTIC
Definition
pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration (forms adjective from words ending in -lysis)
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-PATHY
Definition
disease
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-PTOSIS
Definition
dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)
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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
 a surgical incision
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