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Digestive and Urinary System
Suffixes
36
Medical
Undergraduate 1
05/06/2025
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Term
-ac
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-cele
 Definition
hernia,protrusion
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
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-ectomy
 Definition
excision
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-gram
 Definition
the record,radiographic image
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording 
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-ia
 Definition
condition of,diseased state,abnormal state
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-iasis
 Definition
condition
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-ic
 Definition
pertaining to
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation
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-logist
 Definition
specialist who studies and treats 
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-logy
 Definition
study of
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
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-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
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-phagia
 Definition
eating or swallowing
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair 
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-ptosis
 Definition
prolapse, drooping
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-rrhaphy
 Definition
suturing,repairing
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-rrhea
 Definition
flow,discharge
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-scope
 Definition
instrument used for visualization
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-scopy
 Definition
process of viewing,visualization
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-stomy
 Definition
creation of an artificial opening
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-tomy
 Definition
incision,cut into
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-al
 Definition
pertaining to
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-esis
 Definition
condition
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-lith
 Definition
stone
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-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation, suspension
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-ptosis
 Definition
drooping,sagging,prolapse
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-scopic
 Definition
pertaining to visual examination
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-uria
 Definition
urine,urination 
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-tripsy
 Definition
surgical crushing
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-ary
 Definition
pertaining to 
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-emia
 Definition
in the blood
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