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        Now that you have a good handle on some common prefixes used in medical terminology, it's time to move on to suffixes.  Check out the following list and test your knowledge with the quiz.

-algia = pain

-asthenia = weakness

-cele = swelling

-centesis = puncture

-cyte = cell

-ectomy = removal

-emia = relating to the blood

-esthesia = feeling

-globin = protein

-itis = inflammation

-lysis = destroying

-malacia = softening

-megaly = enlargement

 

-meter = measuring instrument

-oma = tumor

-opia = vision

-osis = abnormal condition

-ostomy = opening

-otomy = incision

-para = to bear forth

-penia = decrease

-pepsia = digestion

-phagia = eating

-phasia = speech

-phobia = fear

-plasty = repair

-plegia = paralysis

-pnea = breathing

-poiesis = production

-ptosis = drooping

-rrhage = profuse fluid discharge

-rrhea = flow

-scope = viewing instrument

-scopy = viewing procedure

-stalsis = compression

-stasis = inhibition or control

-stenosis = narrowing

-tension = pressure

-tripsy = crushing

-trophy = growth

-uria = pertaining to the urine

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