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Medical Terminology Common Suffixes

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Suffix
Meaning
show pain  
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-dynia   show
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-genesis   show
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-lysis   show
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-megaly   show
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show resembling  
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show abnormal reduction  
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show discharge  
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show involuntary contraction  
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-cele   show
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show expansion or dilation  
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-emia   show
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show formation or presence of  
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show inflammation  
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show softening  
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show tumor  
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-osis   show
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show attraction for  
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-philia   show
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show falling or downward displacement  
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show to burst forth (usually blood)  
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-rrhagia   show
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-rrhexis   show
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show puncture for aspiration  
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show binding  
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show excision (removal)  
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show suspension or fixation  
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show surgical repair or reconstruction  
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-rrhaphy   show
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-tomy   show
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-stomy   show
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-ation   show
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-e   show
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show condition of  
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show condition of  
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-y   show
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show structure or tissue  
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-ac   show
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show pertaining to  
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-ar   show
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-ary   show
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-eal   show
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show pertaining to  
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show pertaining to  
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show pertaining to  
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-icle   show
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show small  
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-ula   show
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show small  
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show record  
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-graph   show
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show process of recording  
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-iatrics   show
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show treatment  
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show study  
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show one who specializes in the study or treatment of  
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-ist   show
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show instrument for measuring  
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show process of measuring  
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show formation  
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-scope   show
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-scopy   show
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show stop or stand  
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-asthenia   show
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show seizure  
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show condition of abnormal impulse toward  
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show slight paralysis  
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show paralysis  
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-emesis   show
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show breathing  
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