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Common Suffixes

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Medical Terminology: Root Words

Combining Form, Suffix, Prefix & Meaning

Term	Definition
cele	hernia, potrusion
sclerosis	hardening of
plasia	development, growth
ulo	small
mrhage	excessive, abnormal flow
megaly	large, enlargement
therapy	treatment of
iatry	medical treatment
genic	producing, produced by
phobia	fear
oid	rescrambling
lytic	destruction
stenosis	narrowing
dria	pain
rrhagia	abnormal flowing condition
pathy	disease
logy	study of
oma	tumor
itis	inflammation
ptosis	drooping
osis	abnormal condition
ia	state, condition
ism	state of
malacia	softening, abnormal
rrhoris	rupture
lysis	destruction
cyte	cell
ectasis	dilation
rrhea	discharge
iasis	abnormal condition
trophy	nourishment, development
algia	pain
gen	that which produces
plasm	development, formation
logist	one who studies
genesis	produces, generation

hernia, potrusion	Term: cele	1	1	false
hardening of	Term: sclerosis	2	1	false
development, growth	Term: plasia	3	1	false
small	Term: ulo	4	1	false
mrhage	Definition: excessive, abnormal flow	5	0	false
large, enlargement	Term: megaly	6	1	false
therapy	Definition: treatment of	7	0	false
medical treatment	Term: iatry	8	1	false
genic	Definition: producing, produced by	9	0	false
fear	Term: phobia	10	1	false
rescrambling	Term: oid	11	1	false
destruction	Term: lytic	12	1	false
narrowing	Term: stenosis	13	1	false
dria	Definition: pain	14	0	false
rrhagia	Definition: abnormal flowing condition	15	0	false
disease	Term: pathy	16	1	false
logy	Definition: study of	17	0	false
tumor	Term: oma	18	1	false
inflammation	Term: itis	19	1	false
ptosis	Definition: drooping	20	0	false