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Common Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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-ALGIA | Pain |
-CENTESIS | Surgical puncture into |
-CYTE | Cell |
-ECTOMY | Surgical removal of |
-EMESIS | Vomit |
-EMIA | Blood condition |
-FORM / -OID | Resembling / Shaped like |
-GRAM | A record of |
-OSIS | Condition |
-STOMY | Creating a new surgical opening |
-PEXY | To suture to |
-PLASTY | To surgically repair |
-ITIS | Inflammation |
-MEGALY | Enlargement of |
-PATHY | Disease |
-TOMY | To cut into surgically |
-LOGY | Study of |
-GRAPH | The act of using an instrument to record |
-SCOPE | Instrument used to look at or view |
-SCOPY | The act of using an instrument for viewing |
-RRHEA | To flow |
-RRHAGE | To burst |
-LYSIS | To break down |
-THERAPY | Treatment |
-POIESIS | Formation / Production |
-ECTAS | Dilate |
-EDEM | Swelling |
-ESTHES | Sensation |
-PHAGE | Eating |