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Digestive & Urinary System
Medical Terminology: Suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
01/11/2026
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-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
-cele
 Definition
hernia, swelling
Term
-cnetesis
 Definition
surgical puncture
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal
Term
-emia
 Definition
blood condition
Term
-iasis
 Definition
abnormal condition
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
-lith
 Definition
stone
Term
-lysis
 Definition
breakdown, destruction
Term
-malacia
 Definition
softening
Term
-megaly
 Definition
enlargenment
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor
Term
-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease
Term
-pepsia
 Definition
digestion
Term
-phagia
 Definition
eating, swallowing
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-rrhage
 Definition
excessive bleeding
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
flow, discharge
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
surgical suturing
Term
-scope
 Definition
An instrument for viewing
Term
-scopy
 Definition
visual examination
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-spasm
 Definition
involutary contraction
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-stasis
 Definition
stopping, controlling
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-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing
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-tomy
 Definition
incision
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-tripsy
 Definition
crushing
Term
-uria
 Definition
urince condition
Term
-vesis
 Definition
bladder
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