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-able
-ible* *changes speech part from noun to adj |
capable of
Ex: remarkable |
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-ac / -al / -an / -ar / -ary / -eal / -ic / -ive / -tic*
*changes speech part frm noun to adj |
pertaining to
Ex: fundal, pancreactic |
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-ase
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enzyme
Ex: amylase |
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-algia
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pain
Ex: myalgia |
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-cele
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hernia (protrusion of organ through its containing wall)
Ex: cystocele |
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-centesis
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procedure to aspirate fluid
Ex: paracentesis |
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-ectasia
-ectasis |
dilation
Ex: telangiectasia |
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-ectomy
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excision
removal Ex: appendectomy |
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-edema
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swelling
Ex: lymphedema |
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-emesis
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vomiting
Ex: hematemesis |
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-emia
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blood
Ex: anemia |
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-genic
-genesis (Adjectival ending) |
beginning / producing
Ex: osteogenic |
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-gram
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record
Ex: cholangiogram |
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-graph
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instrument for recording
Ex: polygraph |
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-graphy
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process of recording
Ex: echocardiography |
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-ia
-iasis |
condition
Ex: psoriasis |
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-ism
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condition
Ex: botulism |
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-ist
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one who
Ex: psychologist |
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-itis
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inflammation
Ex: pancreatitis |
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-kinesia
-kinesis |
movement
motion Ex: hypokinesis |
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-logist
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specialist
Ex: radiologist |
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-logy
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study of
Ex: pathology |
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-lysis
(forms noun) |
lossening / freeing / breaking apart / destroying
Ex: adhesiolysis, analysis |
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-lytic
(-tic/-ic forms adj) |
pertaining to or characterized by destruction
Ex: hemolytic, analytic |
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-malacia
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softening
Ex: chondromalacia |
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-mania
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preoccupation
Ex: pyromania |
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-megaly
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enlargement
Ex: cardiomegaly |
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-meter
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instrument to measure
Ex: glucometer |
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-metry
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process of measuring
Ex: geometry |
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-oid
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resembling
Ex: adenoid |
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-oma
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tumor
Ex: lymphoma |
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-opia
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vision
Ex: diplopia |
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-ose
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sugar
EX: glucose |
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-osis
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condition (usu "abnormal" also "proliferation/increased number of")
Ex: ptosis; diverticulosis (several diverticula are present) |
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-ous
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pertaining to
characterized by Ex: mucous |
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-pathy
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disease or abnormality
Ex: adenopathy |
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-penia
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deficiency
Ex: osteopenia |
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-pexy
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surgical fixation
Ex: cystopexy |
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-phagia
-gic -gy |
eating / swallowing
Ex: dysphagia |
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-phasia
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speech
Ex: dysphasia |
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-phobia
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abnormal fear
Ex: agoraphobia |
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-plasty
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surgical repair
Ex: arthroplasty |
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-plegia
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paralysis
Ex: paraplegia |
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-rrhage
-rrhagia |
excessive flow or discharge
Ex: hemorrhage |
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-rrhaphy
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suture
Ex: herniorrhaphy |
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-rrhea
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flow or discharge
Ex: diarrhea |
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-rrhexis
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rupture
Ex: capsulorrhexis |
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-sclerosis
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hardening
Ex: atherosclerosis |
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-scopy
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examination with an instrument
Ex: colonoscopy |
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-spasm
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twitching
Ex: bronchospasm |
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-stasis
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stopping
Ex: hemostasis |
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-stomy
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forming of an opening
Ex: tracheostomy |
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-tome
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an instrument for cutting
Ex: osteotome |
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-tomy
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incision (cutting into)
Ex: craniotomy |
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-tripsy
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surgical crushing
Ex: lithotripsy |
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-trophic*
-trophy *-ic ending forms an adjective. |
nutrition
Ex: hypertrophy |
