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Medical terminology-suffixes
med term suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
12/05/2024
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-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
-basia
 Definition
walking
Term
-calculia
 Definition
to compute
Term
-cataphasia
 Definition
affirmation
Term
-cathisia
 Definition
sitting
Term
-kathisia
 Definition
sitting
Term
-coimesis
 Definition
sleeping
Term
-coma
 Definition
deep sleep
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
-dynia
 Definition
pain
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-facient
 Definition
to cause, make happen
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-form
 Definition
specified shape, form
Term
-gen
 Definition
producing, generating
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-genesis
 Definition
production, formation
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-genic
 Definition
produced by, foming
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-grade
 Definition
step
Term
-hexia
 Definition
condition
Term
-ician
 Definition
specialist
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-ist
 Definition
specialist
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-labile
 Definition
unstable, perishable
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-logist
 Definition
specialist
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-logy
 Definition
study of
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-lucent
 Definition
light-admitting
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
Term
-masesis
 Definition
mastication, chewing
Term
-mimesis
 Definition
imitation, simulatino
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor, mass
Term
-plasm
 Definition
formation, growth
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-poiesis
 Definition
formation
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-puncture
 Definition
to pierce surface
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-receptor, -ceptor
 Definition
receiver
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-some
 Definition
body
Term
-stabile
 Definition
stable, fixed
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-stasis
 Definition
standing still, standing
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-stat
 Definition
device/instrument for keeping something stationary
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-therapy
 Definition
treatment
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-tumescence
 Definition
swelling
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-type
 Definition
class, representative form
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-verse
 Definition
turn, turning
Term
-cusis
 Definition
hearing
Term
-osmia
 Definition
smell
Term
-osphresia
 Definition
smell
Term
-geusia
 Definition
taste
Term
-opia
 Definition
vision
Term
-opsia
 Definition
vision
Term
-pnea
 Definition
breathe
Term
-para
 Definition
childbirth
Term
-parous
 Definition
childbirth
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-partum
 Definition
childbirth
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-tocia
 Definition
childbirth
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-arche
 Definition
first
Term
-ole
 Definition
little, small
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-ule
 Definition
little, small
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-noia
 Definition
mind
Term
-cyesis
 Definition
pregnancy
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-sthenia
 Definition
strength
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-edema
 Definition
swelling
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