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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.
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-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
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-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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