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Suffixes
Common medical suffix
Term | Definition |
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Lysis | loosen or breakdown |
Megaly | enlargement |
Penia | deficiency |
Rrhage | excessive flow |
Spasm | involuntary contraction |
Graph | instrument used to produce a record |
scope | instrument used to look |
scopy | process of looking |
ectomy | removal |
plasty | reconstruction or surgical repair |
stomy | creation of an opening |
tomy | incision or cut |
suffix | adds additional meaning to the end |
ac | pertaining to |
al | pertaining to |
ary | pertaining to |
ous | pertaining to |
ic | pertaining to |
ar | pertaining to |
eal | pertaining to |
ia | condition of |
osis | condition of |
ism | condition of |
icle | small |
ole | small |
ule | small |
algia | pain |
dynia | pain |
itis | inflammation |
ium | inflammation |