Medical Terms- Suffixes Flashcards

Common medical term suffixes and their definitions

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-algia

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Painful

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-asthenia

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Weakness

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-cele

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Hernia

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-ectomy

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Removal

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-itis

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Inflammation or infection

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-gram

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Picture

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-malacia

A

Abnormal softening

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-necrosis

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Death of tissue

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-ology

A

Study of

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-ostomy

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Surgical opening

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-otomy

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Surgical incision

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-orrhea

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Flow

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-pathy

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Disease

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

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Suture

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-sclerosis

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Abnormal hardening

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-scope

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Instrument to view

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-stenosis

A

Narrowing