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Lesson 3B Suffixes
Medical Suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
03/19/2013
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/algia (noun)
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pain
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/centesis (noun)
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withdrawing fluid
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/cyte (noun)
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cell
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/ectomy (noun)
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removal
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/emia or /hemia (noun)
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throughout the blood
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/grade (adjective)
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go
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/gram (noun)
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picture, record, tracing
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/graph (noun)
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instrument that creates a picture or recording
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/graphy (noun)
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process of creating a picture, record, tracing
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/ia (noun)
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condition
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/ism (noun)
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situation, process, condition
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/ist (noun)
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one who does, one who specializes in
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/itis (noun), /itic (adjective)
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inflammation
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/ium, /um (noun)
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structure
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/logy (noun)
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study of
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/megaly (noun)
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enlargement
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/meter (noun)
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distance measure, instrument to measure
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/opsy (noun)
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look at
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/osis, /sis (noun), /otic, /tic (adjective)
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pathologic condition, relating to a condition
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/pathy (noun)
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disease process
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/scope (noun)
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instrument to see through or with
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/stasis (noun)
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control, hold in
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/y (noun)
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process of
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/ac, /al, /ar, /ary, /eal, /iac, /ic, /ior, /ous, /tic (adjective)
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relating to
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/oid (adjective)
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like
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/ose (adjective)
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like, relating to (also suffix for chemical name for sugar
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