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MedTemCP 3 Suffixes
Suffix | Meaning |
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-cele | hernia |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-coccus(plural:-cocci) | bery-shaped bacterium(plural:bacteria) |
-dynia | pain |
-genesis | condition of producing, forming |
-gaphy | process of recording |
-lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-penia | deficiency |
-phobia | fear |
-plasia | development, formation, growth |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-ptosis | drooping sagging, protapse |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-stasis | stooping, controlling |
-stomy | opening to form a mouth(stoma) |
-therapy | treatment |
-trophy | development, nourishment |
-er | one who |
-ia | condition |
-ole | little, small |
-ule | little, small |
-um, -ium | structure, tissue |
-us | structure, substanece |
-ac, -iac | Pretaining to |
-al | Pretaining to |
-ar | Pretaining to |
-ary | Pretaining to |
-genic | Pretaining to producing, produced by, or in |
-oid | resembling |
-ose | Pretaining to, full of |
-ous | Pretaining to |
-tic | Pretaining to |