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Medical Terminology - Suffixes

  1. able
    able to
  2. algia
    pain
  3. cele
    tumor, swelling
  4. centesis
    surgical puncture to remove fluid
  5. cide
    killing destructive
  6. cule
    little
  7. cyte
    cell
  8. ectasia
    dilating, stretching
  9. ectomy
    excision, surgical emoval of
  10. emia
    blood
  11. esis
    action
  12. form
    shaped like
  13. genesis, genetic
    formation, origin
  14. gram
    tracing, mark
  15. graph
    writing
  16. ism
    condition
  17. itis
    inflammation
  18. ize
    to treat
  19. lith
    stone, calculus
  20. lithiasis
    presence of stones
  21. lysis
    disintegration
  22. megaly
    enlargement
  23. meter
    instrument that measures
  24. oid
    likness, resemblance
  25. oma
    tumor
  26. opathy
    disease of
  27. orrhaphy
    surgical repair
  28. osis
    disease, condition of
  29. ostomy
    to form an opening or outlet
  30. otomy
    to incise
  31. pexy
    fixation
  32. phage
    ingesting
  33. phobia
    fear
  34. plasty
    plastic surgery
  35. plegia
    paralysis
  36. rhage
    to burst forth
  37. rhea
    excessive discharge
  38. rhexis
    rupture
  39. scope
    lighted instrument for visual examination
  40. scopy
    to examine visually
  41. stomy
    to form an opening
  42. tomy
    incision into
  43. uria
    urine
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Medical Terminology - Suffixes
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