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1
Q

Suffix

  • al
  • ic
  • eal
  • ar
  • ary
  • ine
  • ous
  • tic
A

Meaning

pertaining to

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Suffix

-algia

A

Meaning

condition of pain

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3
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Suffix

-cyte

A

Meaning

cell

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Suffix

-ectomy

A

Meaning

cutting out; removal, excision

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5
Q

Suffix

-emia

A

Meaning

blood condition

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Q

Suffix

-globin

A

Meaning

protein

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Q

Suffix

-gram

A

Meaning

record

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Suffix

-ia

A

Meaning

condition

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Suffix

-ism

A

Meaning

condition, process

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Suffix

-itis

A

Meaning

inflammation

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Q

Suffix

-logist

A

Meaning

specialist in the study of

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Suffix

-logy

A

Meaning

study of

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Suffix

-oma

A

Meaning

tumor, mass

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Suffix

-opsy

A

Meaning

to view

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Suffix

-osis

A

Meaning

abnormal condition

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Suffix

-scope

A

Meaning

instrument to visually examine

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Suffix

-scopy

A

Meaning

process of visual examination

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Suffix

-sis

A

Meaning

state of

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Suffix

-tomy

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Meaning

process of cutting into; incision

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Suffix

-megaly

A

Meaning

enlargement

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Suffix

-pathy

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Meaning

disease condition

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Suffix

-rrhea

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Meaning

flow, discharge

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Q

Suffix

  • rrhage
  • rrhagia
A

Meaning

excessive discharge of blood

24
Q

Suffix

-sclerosis

A

Meaning

hardening

25
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Suffix

-uria

A

Meaning

condition of urine

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Suffix

-centesis

A

Meaning

surgical puncture to remove fluid

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Suffix

-graphy

A

Meaning

process of recording

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Suffix

-lysis

A

Meaning

separation, breakdown, destruction

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Suffix

-plasty

A

Meaning

surgical repair, or surgical correction

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Suffix

-stomy

A

Meaning

opening

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Suffix

-therapy

A

Meaning

treatment

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Suffix

  • ation
  • y
A

Meaning

process, condition

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Suffix

-cision

A

Meaning

process of cutting

34
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Suffix

-crine

A

Meaning

secretion

35
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Suffix

-dipsia

A

Meaning

thirst

36
Q

Suffix

-gen

A

Meaning

to produce

37
Q

Suffix

-lapse

A

Meaning

to fall, slide

38
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Suffix

-meter

A

Meaning

to measure

39
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Suffix

-mission

A

Meaning

to send

40
Q

Suffix

-mortem

A

Meaning

death

41
Q

Suffix

-partum

A

Meaning

birth

42
Q

Suffix

-phagia

A

Meaning

eating

43
Q

Suffix

-phasia

A

Meaning

-speech

44
Q

Suffix

-plasia

A

Meaning

formation (condition)

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Q

Suffix

-plasm

A

Meaning

formation (tissue)

46
Q

Suffix

-plegia

A

Meaning

paralysis

47
Q

Suffix

-pnea

A

Meaning

breathing

48
Q

Suffix

-section

A

Meaning

to cut

49
Q

Suffix

-stasis

A

Meaning

to stand, place, stop, control

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Suffix

-tension

A

Meaning

pressure

51
Q

Suffix

-thesis

A

Meaning

to put, place (state of putting or placing)

52
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Suffix

-um

A

Meaning

structure

53
Q

Suffix

-trophy

A

Meaning

nourishment; development

54
Q

Suffix

-cele

A

Meaning

hernia

55
Q

Suffix

-pexy

A

Meaning

surgical fixation

56
Q

Suffix

-porosis

A

Meaning

condition of containing passages or spaces

57
Q

Suffix

-plegia

A

Meaning

paralysis

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