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-a<\/p>\n","answer":"

no meaning<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-ac<\/p>\n","answer":"

pertaining to<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-ad<\/p>\n","answer":"

toward<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-algia<\/p>\n","answer":"

pain<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-amnios<\/p>\n","answer":"

amnion, amniotic fluid<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-apheresis<\/p>\n","answer":"

removal<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-ar<\/p>\n","answer":"

pertaining to<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-ary<\/p>\n","answer":"

pertaining to<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-asthenia<\/p>\n","answer":"

weakness<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-carcinoma<\/p>\n","answer":"

cancerous tumour arising from epithelial tissue<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-cele<\/p>\n","answer":"

hernia, protrusion<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-centesis<\/p>\n","answer":"

surgical puncture to withdraw fluid<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-crine<\/p>\n","answer":"

to secrete<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-cyesis<\/p>\n","answer":"

pregnancy<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-cyte<\/p>\n","answer":"

cell<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-desis<\/p>\n","answer":"

fusion<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-drome<\/p>\n","answer":"

running, run<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-e<\/p>\n","answer":"

no meaning<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-eal<\/p>\n","answer":"

pertaining to<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-ectasis<\/p>\n","answer":"

stretching out, dilation<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-ectomy<\/p>\n","answer":"

surgical removal or excision<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-emesis<\/p>\n","answer":"

vomiting<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-emia<\/p>\n","answer":"

in the blood<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-esis<\/p>\n","answer":"

condition<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-gen<\/p>\n","answer":"

substance or agent that produces or causes<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-genic<\/p>\n","answer":"

producing, originating, causing<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-gram<\/p>\n","answer":"

the record, radiographic image<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-graph<\/p>\n","answer":"

instrument used to record; the record<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-graphy<\/p>\n","answer":"

process of recording, radiographic imaging<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-ia<\/p>\n","answer":"

condition of, diseased state, abnormal state<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-iasis<\/p>\n","answer":"

condition<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-iatrist<\/p>\n","answer":"

specialist<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-iatry<\/p>\n","answer":"

specialty, treatment<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-ic<\/p>\n","answer":"

pertaining to<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-ictal<\/p>\n","answer":"

seizure<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-ior<\/p>\n","answer":"

pertaining to<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-ism<\/p>\n","answer":"

state of<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-itis<\/p>\n","answer":"

inflammation<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-logist<\/p>\n","answer":"

specialist who studies and treats<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-logy<\/p>\n","answer":"

study of<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-lysis<\/p>\n","answer":"

separating, loosening, dissolution<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-malacia<\/p>\n","answer":"

softening<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-megaly<\/p>\n","answer":"

enlargement<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-meter<\/p>\n","answer":"

instrument used to measure<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-metry<\/p>\n","answer":"

measuring, process of measuring<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-oid<\/p>\n","answer":"

resembling<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-oma<\/p>\n","answer":"

turmour, swelling<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-opia<\/p>\n","answer":"

vision<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-opsy<\/p>\n","answer":"

viewing, process of viewing<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-osis<\/p>\n","answer":"

abnormal condition, increased number (blood)<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-ous<\/p>\n","answer":"

pertaining to<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-paresis<\/p>\n","answer":"

slight paralysis<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-pathy<\/p>\n","answer":"

disease<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-penia<\/p>\n","answer":"

abnormal reduction in number<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-pepsia<\/p>\n","answer":"

digestion<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-pexy<\/p>\n","answer":"

surgical fixation, suspension<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-phagia<\/p>\n","answer":"

swallowing, eating<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-phasia<\/p>\n","answer":"

speech<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-phobia<\/p>\n","answer":"

aversion, abnormal fear<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-physis<\/p>\n","answer":"

growth<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-plasia<\/p>\n","answer":"

formation, development, growth<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-plasm<\/p>\n","answer":"

growth, substance, formation<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-plasty<\/p>\n","answer":"

surgical repair<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-plegia<\/p>\n","answer":"

paralysis<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-pnea<\/p>\n","answer":"

breathing<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-poiesis<\/p>\n","answer":"

formation<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-ptosis<\/p>\n","answer":"

prolapse, drooping<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-rrhage<\/p>\n","answer":"

excessive bleeding<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-rrhagia<\/p>\n","answer":"

excessive bleeding<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-rrhaphy<\/p>\n","answer":"

suturing, repairing<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-rrhea<\/p>\n","answer":"

discharge, flow<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-rrhexis<\/p>\n","answer":"

rupture<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-salpinx<\/p>\n","answer":"

fallopian tube, uterine tube<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-sarcoma<\/p>\n","answer":"

malignant tumour<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-sclerosis<\/p>\n","answer":"

hardening<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-schisis<\/p>\n","answer":"

split, fissure<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-scope<\/p>\n","answer":"

instrument used for visual examination<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-scopy<\/p>\n","answer":"

process of visually examining<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-scopic<\/p>\n","answer":"

pertaining to visual examination<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-spasm<\/p>\n","answer":"

sudden, involuntary contraction of muscle<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-stasis<\/p>\n","answer":"

stop, control, standing<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-stenosis<\/p>\n","answer":"

constriction, narrowing<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-stomy<\/p>\n","answer":"

creation of artificial opening<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-thorax<\/p>\n","answer":"

chest cavity, chest<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-tocia<\/p>\n","answer":"

labour, birth<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-tome<\/p>\n","answer":"

instrument used to cut<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-tomy<\/p>\n","answer":"

incision, cut into<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-tripsy<\/p>\n","answer":"

surgical crushing<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-trophy<\/p>\n","answer":"

nourishment, development<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-um<\/p>\n","answer":"

no meaning<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-us<\/p>\n","answer":"

no meaning<\/p>\n"},{"tips":{},"text":"

-uria<\/p>\n","answer":"

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Suffixes Used in Medical Terms

Ellen Dilgert