Compound Suffix And Suffix Forms

Front 1

-ectasia
-ectasis

Back 1

Compound Suffix Form

dilation, enlargement

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-ectomy

Back 2

Compound Suffix Form

surgical excision; removal of all or part of an organ

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-gen

Back 3

Compound Suffix Form

substance that produces something

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-genesis

Back 4

Compound Suffix Form

formation, origin

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-genic
-genous

Back 5

Compound Suffix Form

causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in

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-gram

Back 6

Compound Suffix Form

a record of the activity of an organ (an x-ray)

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-graph

Back 7

Compound Suffix Form

an instrument for recording the activity of an organ

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-graphy

Back 8

Compound Suffix Form

recording activity of an organ; descriptive treatise

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-logy

Back 9

Suffix form

the study or science of

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-logist

Back 10

Suffix form

one who specializes in a certain study or science

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-lysis

Back 11

Compound Suffix form

dissolution, decomposition, disintegration, reduction

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-lytic

Back 12

Compound Suffix form

pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration

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-malacia

Back 13

Suffix form

the softening of tissues

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-pathy

Back 14

Compound Suffix form

disease

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-ptosis

Back 15

Compound Suffix form

dropping, sagging, prolapse of an organ or part

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-rrhagia

Back 16

Compound Suffix form

profuse discharge, hemorrhage

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-rrhea

Back 17

Compound Suffix form

profuse discharge, excessive secretion

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-rrhexis

Back 18

Compound Suffix form

bursting of tissues, rupture

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-sclerosis

Back 19

Suffix form

the hardening of tissues

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-scope

Back 20

Compound Suffix form

an instrument for examining

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-scopy

Back 21

Compound Suffix form

examination

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-stenosis

Back 22

Suffix form

the narrowing part of the body

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-tome

Back 23

Compound Suffix form

a surgical instrument for cutting

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-tomy

Back 24

Compound Suffix form

surgical incision

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-toxic

Back 25

Suffix form

poisonous to an organ

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-toxin

Back 26

Suffix form

a substance poisonous to part of the body