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Suffixes Chapter 4 Medical Terminology
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04/26/2012
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-ation
 Definition

Process or Condition

 
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-cision
 Definition
Process of cutting into
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-crine
 Definition
secretion
Term
-dipsia
 Definition
Thirst
Term
-gen
 Definition
to produce
Term
-ism
 Definition
condition, process
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-lapse
 Definition
to fall, slide
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-prolpse
 Definition
to fall forward
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-meter
 Definition
measurement, diameter
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-mission
 Definition
send
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-mortem
 Definition
death
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-ous
 Definition
pertaining to
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-partum
 Definition
birth
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-phagia
 Definition
eating
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-phasia
 Definition
speech
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-pnea
 Definition
breathing
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-stasis
 Definition
stand,place,balance
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-thesis
 Definition
to put, place
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-tic
 Definition
pertaining to
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-y
 Definition
process
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-tic
 Definition
pertaining to
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-trophy
 Definition
nourishment, development
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-um
 Definition
structure
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-plasm
 Definition
formation(tissue)
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-plegia
 Definition
paralyisis
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-lapse
 Definition
slide
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-drome
 Definition
running ot occuring
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-cuspid
 Definition
"pointed end" example: tricuspid
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-pne
 Definition
breathing
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