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digestive and urinary system suffixes
suffixes
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05/28/2025
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-ac
 Definition
Pertaining to
Term
-al
 Definition
Pertaining to
Term
-cele
 Definition
Hernia,protrusion
Term
-centesis
 Definition
Surfical puncture to aspiratefluid
Term
-eal
 Definition
Pertaining to
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
Excision
Term
-gram
 Definition
The record,radiographic image
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-graphy
 Definition
Process of recording
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-ia
 Definition
Condition of
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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
Enlarment
Term
-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
In Incision ,cut into
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-emia
 Definition
In the blood
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-esis
 Definition
Condition
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-lith
 Definition
Stone
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-lysis
 Definition
Loosening,dissolution,separating
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-pexy
 Definition
Surgical fixation
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-uria
 Definition
Urine,urination
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-ary
 Definition
Pertaining to
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-tripsy
 Definition
Surgical crushing
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