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Complex Suffixes
symptoms, diseases, and conditions
Term | Definition |
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-algia, or -dynia | pain |
-cele | hernia |
-emia | blood condition |
-iasis | presence of |
-itis | inflammation |
-lysis | loosen, break down |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | deficiency |
-ptosis | drooping |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive flow |
-rrhea | flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
-centesis | puncture |
-desis | binding, fixation |
-ectomy | removal |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | reconstruction |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-stomy | creating an opening |
-tomy | incision |