Common Suffixes: Symptomatic Suffixes (Word Ending that Describe Evidence of Illness) Flashcards

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-algia, -dynia

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Pain

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-genesis

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Origin or production

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-lysis

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Breaking down or dissolution

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-oid

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Resembling

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-penia

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Abnormal reduction

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-rrhea

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Discharge

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-spasm

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Involuntary contraction

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