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Medical Terminology Suffixes
Med Term Suffixes
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11th Grade
02/08/2012
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-ance
 Definition
quality or act of
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-cide
 Definition
killer
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-ectasis
 Definition
dilation or exspansion of
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-form
 Definition
structure or shape
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-gen
 Definition
production of
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-ician, -ist
 Definition
one charged with or skilled in
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-ion
 Definition
act of, state of, result of
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-meter
 Definition
measure
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-ology
 Definition
science of, study of
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-or
 Definition
that which, one who
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-phylaxis
 Definition
protection
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-poiesis
 Definition
production, formation of
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-sthenia
 Definition
strength
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-ure
 Definition
act, or result of action
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-ac
 Definition
pretaining to
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-acy
 Definition
that which is, pretaining to
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-al
 Definition
pretaining to
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-an
 Definition
pretaining to, belonging to, related to
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-ar
 Definition
of, relating to, pretainig to
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-ary
 Definition
related to, pretaining to
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-fugal
 Definition
driving, moving, or traveling away from
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-ic
 Definition
pretaining to
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-ile
 Definition
having the qualities, capacity for
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-ious
 Definition
capable, causing
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-oid
 Definition
like
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-ory
 Definition
process of, pretaining to, function of
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-ose
 Definition
full of, having the qualities of
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-ous
 Definition
pretaining to
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-trophic
 Definition
related to nutrition, growth or development
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