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36 digestive and urinary system suffixes
36 digestive and urinary system suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
05/27/2025
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Term
-ac
 Definition
Pertaining to
Term
-al
 Definition
Pertaining to
Term
-cele
 Definition
Hernia, protrusion
Term
-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
Term
-eal
 Definition
Pertaining to
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
excision
Term
-gram
 Definition
The record, radiographic image
Term
-graph
 Definition
Instrument used to record
Term
-graphy
 Definition
Process of recording
Term
-ia
 Definition
Condition of, diseased state, abnormal state
Term
-iasis
 Definition
Contition
Term
-ic
 Definition
Pertaining to
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
-lith
 Definition
Stone
Term
-logist
 Definition
Specialist who studies and treats
Term
-logy
 Definition
study of
Term
-malacia
 Definition
Softening
Term
-megaly
 Definition
Enlargement
Term
-oma
 Definition
Tumor
Term
-osis
 Definition
Abnormal condition
Term
-pathy
 Definition
Disease
Term
-pepsia
 Definition
Digestion
Term
-phagia
 Definition
Eating or swallowing
Term
-plasty
 Definition
Surgical repair
Term
-ptosis
 Definition
prolapse, drooping
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
Suturing, repairing
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
Flow, discharge
Term
-scope
 Definition
instrument used for visualization
Term
-scopy
 Definition
Process of viewing, visualization
Term
-stomy
 Definition
Creation of an artificial opening
Term
-tomy
 Definition
incision, cut into
Term
-emia
 Definition
in the blood
Term
-esis
 Definition
Condition
Term
-lysis
 Definition
loosening, dissolution, seperating
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-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation, suspension
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-tripsy
 Definition
surgical crushing
Term
-uria
 Definition
urine, urination
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