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34 lymphatic and respiratory system suffixes
34 lymphatic and respiratory system suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
05/17/2025
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Term
-cyte
 Definition
cell
Term
-logist
 Definition
A specialist who studies and treats
Term
-logy
 Definition
Study of
Term
-megaly
 Definition
Enlarged, enlargement
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor, swelling
Term
-osis
 Definition
Abnormal condition
Term
-penia
 Definition
Decrease, deficiency
Term
-poiesis
 Definition
Formation, production
Term
-rrhagia
 Definition
rapid flow of blood
Term
-pathy
 Definition
Disease
Term
-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-apheresis
 Definition
Withdrawal or removal
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-rrhaphy
 Definition
suturing
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
-cele
 Definition
Hernia, protrusion
Term
-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
Term
-ectasis
 Definition
Stretching out, dilation, expansion
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
excision, cut out
Term
-emia
 Definition
in the blood
Term
-genic
 Definition
Producing, originating, causing
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-gram
 Definition
The record, radiographic image
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-graph
 Definition
instrument used to record
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording, radiographic imaging
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-ia
 Definition
Condition, disease state, abnormal state
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-ic
 Definition
pertaining to
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
-logist
 Definition
specialist or physician who studies and treats
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-logy
 Definition
study of
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-meter
 Definition
instrument used to measure
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-metry
 Definition
measurement
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-pnea
 Definition
breathing
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-scopy
 Definition
process of visually examining
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-phylaxis
 Definition
protection against
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-lymphoid
 Definition
resembling lymph
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