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medical terminology suffixes

  1. ad
    toward
  2. al
    relating to
  3. ectomy
    removal of
  4. emesis
    vomitting
  5. genic
    producing
  6. genetic
    origin-related
  7. graph
    recording instrument
  8. graphy
    recording process
  9. iatric
    treatment of
  10. iatry
    field of medicine
  11. ic
    relating to
  12. ism
    condition of
  13. itis
    inflammation
  14. logist
    specialist in
  15. logy
    study of
  16. lysis
    destruction of
  17. megaly
    enlargement
  18. meter
    measurement instrument
  19. oma
    tumor
  20. osis
    condition of
  21. pathy
    disease
  22. penia
    abnormal decrease
  23. philia
    abnormal attraction
  24. phobia
    abnormal fear
  25. plasia
    formation
  26. plasty
    surgical repair
  27. ptosis
    drooping
  28. rrhage
    burst forth
  29. rrhea
    discharge
  30. scope
    viewing instrument
  31. scopy
    procedure using a scope
  32. stomy
    creating a surgical opening
  33. tomy
    incision into
  34. algia
    pain
  35. cele
    hernia, swelling
  36. genesis
    forming, producing
  37. gram
    record, a writing
  38. iasis
    abnormal condition
  39. malacia
    softening
  40. oid
    resembling
  41. pathy
    disease
  42. penia
    decrease,deficiency
  43. phagia
    eating or swallowing
  44. plegia
    paralysis
  45. rrhexis
    rupture
  46. stasis
    standing still
  47. stenosis
    norrowing, stricture
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medical terminology suffixes
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medical terminology medical assistant exam
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