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Medical suffixes

1. Algia :- pain
2. Atresia:- abnormal closure
3. Cele :- swelling , protrusion
4. Centesis:- puncture of activity
5. Cidle :- killer
6. Cyst :- bladder like sac
7. Dynia :- pain
8. Ectasis :-dilation
9. Ectomy :- removal, excision
10. Ema :- swelling , distension
11. Emeses:- vomitting
12. Emia :- blood
13. Itis :- inflammation
14. Kinesia :- movement
15. Lysis :- setting free , dissolution
16.lexia :- word
17. Ol:- oil or alcohol
18. Ology :- study of
19. Oma :-tumor
20. Ostomy :- artificial opening
21. Otomy :- cutting into
22. Penia :- deficiency ,lack of
23. Pery :-fixation
24. Phagia :- swallowing
25. Philia :- love of
26. Phobia :- fear of
27. Phylaxis :- protection
28. Plasty :- repair of, molding, shaping
29. Ptosis :- dropping
30. Rrhea :- discharge ,flow
31. Sect :- cut 
32.septemia :- infection on the blood
33. Stasis:-state of being for standstill
34. Tome :- instrument for cutting
35.tripsy :- rubbing on crushing
36. Uria:- urine
37. Vert:- turn


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