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Suffixes
Medical Terminology I-- Suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
01/10/2011
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-ate
 Definition
something that...
Term
-er
 Definition
one who
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-emia
 Definition
blood condition
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-esis
 Definition
condition of
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-ia
 Definition
condition
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-iatry
 Definition
medical treatment/medical profession
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-ion
 Definition
action/process
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-ism
 Definition
condition
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-ist
 Definition
practitioner
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-ole
 Definition
small/little
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-osis
 Definition
condition
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-tion
 Definition
process of
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-ula
 Definition
small/little
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ule
 Definition
"smallest one"
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-ician
 Definition
specialist
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-iatrics
 Definition
relating to medicine
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-ian
 Definition
specialist
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-logist
 Definition
specialist
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-logy
 Definition
study of
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture
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-clasis
 Definition
crushing/breaking up
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-desis
 Definition
binding/surgical fusion
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-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal
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-gram
 Definition
record/picture
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-ize
 Definition
to make/to treat or combine with
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-lysis
 Definition
destruction/detachment
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-meter
 Definition
instrument used to measure
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-metry
 Definition
process of measuring
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-opsy
 Definition
process of viewing
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-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
 Definition
suturing
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-scope
 Definition
instrument used to view
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-scopy
 Definition
process of viewing with a scope
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-stomy
 Definition
surgically create a new opening
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-tomy
 Definition
incision into
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-tripsy
 Definition
intentional crushing
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-ad
 Definition
toward/increase
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-algesia
 Definition
sensitivity to pain
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-algia
 Definition
pain
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-blast
 Definition
embryonic stage of development
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-cele
 Definition
swelling/herniation
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-cide
 Definition
to kill/destroy
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-cyte
 Definition
cell
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-dynia
 Definition
pain
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-ectasia
 Definition
stretching/dialation
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-emia
 Definition
blood condition
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-gen
 Definition
that which generates
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-genesis
 Definition
generating/formation
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-genic
 Definition
formation/producing/pertaining to
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-gravida
 Definition
pregnancy
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-ia
 Definition
condition
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-iasis
 Definition
presence of an abnormal condition
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-lepsy
 Definition
seizure/attack
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-lytic
 Definition
destruction
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-mania
 Definition
mental disorder/madness
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
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-opia/opsia
 Definition
visual condition
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-opsy
 Definition
process of viewing
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
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-penia
 Definition
decrease in/deficiency
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-philia
 Definition
attracted to
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-phobia
 Definition
abnormal fear
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-plasia
 Definition
formation/devolopment
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-plegia
 Definition
partial paralysis
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-pnea
 Definition
breathing
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-ptosis
 Definition
drooping/prolapse
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-rrhagia
 Definition
excessive flow/discharge
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-rrhea
 Definition
discharge/flow
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-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
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-stasis
 Definition
stopping/controlling
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-uria
 Definition
urine
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