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Medical suffixes (One way)

  1. -ac
    pertaining to
  2. -al
    pertaing to
  3. -algia
    pain
  4. -ar
    pertaining to
  5. -ary
    pertaining to
  6. -asthenia
    without strength
  7. -cele
    pouching or hernia
  8. -cyesis
    pregnancy
  9. -cynia
    pain
  10. -eal
    pertaining to
  11. -ectasis
    expansion or dilation
  12. -ectomy
    removal of
  13. -emia
    blood condition
  14. -genic
    origin or production
  15. -gram
    record
  16. -graph
    recording instrument
  17. -graphy
    recording process
  18. -ia
    condition of
  19. -iasis
    condition, formation of
  20. -iatry
    treatment
  21. -ic
    pertaining to
  22. -icle
    small
  23. -ism
    condition of
  24. -itis
    inflammation
  25. -ium
    tissue or structure
  26. -lith
    stone, calculus
  27. -logy
    study of
  28. -lysis
    breaking down of dissolution
  29. -malacia
    softening
  30. -megaly
    enlargement
  31. -meter
    measuring instrument
  32. -metry
    measuring process
  33. -mycosis
    fungal infection
  34. -oid
    resembling
  35. -ole
    small
  36. -oma
    tumor
  37. -opia
    vision
  38. -opsia
    vision
  39. -osis
    abnormal condition, increase
  40. -osmia
    smell
  41. -ous
    pertaining to
  42. -paresis
    partial paralysis
  43. -pathy
    disease
  44. -penia
    decrease
  45. -phagia
    swallowing
  46. -phasia
    speech
  47. -philia
    attraction for
  48. -phobia
    fear
  49. -plasia
    formation
  50. -plasty
    surgical repair or reconstruction
  51. -plegia
    paralysis, stroke
  52. -rrhage
    to burst forth
  53. -rrhea
    discharge
  54. -sclerosis
    narrowing, constriction
  55. -scope
    examination instrument
  56. -scopy
    examination
  57. -spasm
    involuntary contraction
  58. -stasis
    stop or stand
  59. -tic
    pertaining to
  60. -tocia
    childbirth, labor
  61. -tomy
    incision
  62. -toxic
    poison
  63. -tropic
    stimulate
  64. -ula
    small
  65. -ule
    small
  66. -y
    condition, process of
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Medical suffixes (One way)
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