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-able
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capable of
Example: remarkable
NOTE: this suffix changes the part of speech it is attached to from a noun to an adjective.
NOTE: This suffix can also stand alone as an independent word.
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-ible
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capable of
Example: extractible
NOTE: this suffix changes the part of speech it is attached to from a noun to an adjective.
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-ac
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pertaining to
Example: hemophiliac
NOTE: this suffix changes the part of speech it is attached to from a noun to an adjective.
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-al
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pertaining to
Example: fundal, antidiarrheal
NOTE: this suffix changes the part of speech it is attached to from a noun to an adjective.
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-an
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pertaining to
Example: geriatrician
NOTE: this suffix changes the part of speech it is attached to from a noun to an adjective.
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-ar
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pertaining to
Example: auricular
NOTE: this suffix changes the part of speech it is attached to from a noun to an adjective.
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-ary
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pertaining to
Example: maxillary
NOTE: this suffix changes the part of speech it is attached to from a noun to an adjective.
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-eal
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pertaining to
Example: nasopharyngeal
NOTE: this suffix changes the part of speech it is attached to from a noun to an adjective.
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-ic
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pertaining to
Example: idiopathic
NOTE: this suffix changes the part of speech it is attached to from a noun to an adjective.
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-ive
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pertaining to
Example: degenerative, digestive
NOTE: this suffix changes the part of speech it is attached to from a noun to an adjective.
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-tic
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pertaining to
Example: pancreatic
NOTE: this suffix changes the part of speech it is attached to from a noun to an adjective.
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-ase
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enzyme
Example: amylase
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-algia
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pain
Example: myalgia
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-cele
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hernia (protrusion of an organ through its containing wall)
Example: cystocele
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-centesis
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procedure to aspirate fluid
Example: paracentesis or cephalocentesis (surgical puncture of the head)
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-ectasia
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dilatation or dilation
Example: telangiectasia
NOTE: This suffix can also stand alone as an independent word.
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-ectasis
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dilatation or dilation
Example: bronchiectasis
NOTE: This suffix can also stand alone as an independent word.
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-ectomy
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excision or removal
Example: appendectomy
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-edema
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swelling
Example: lymphedema
NOTE: This suffix can also stand alone as an independent word.
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-emesis
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vomiting
Example: hematemesis
NOTE: This suffix can also stand alone as an independent word.
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-emia
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blood
Ex: anemia
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-genic
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beginning or producing
Ex: osteogenic
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-genesis
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beginning or producing
Ex: angiogenesis
NOTE: This suffix can also stand alone as an independent word.
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-gram
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record
Ex: cholangiogram
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-graph
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instrument for recording
Ex: polygraph
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-graphy
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process of recording
Ex: echocardiography
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-iasis
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condition
Ex: psoriasis
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-ism
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condition
Ex: botulism
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-ist
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one who
Ex: psychologist
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-itis
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inflammation
Ex: pancreatitis
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-ium
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membrane
Ex: ischium
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-kinesia
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movement or motion
Ex: dyskinesia
NOTE: This suffix can also stand alone as an independent word.
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-kinesis
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movement or motion
Ex: hypokinesis
NOTE: This suffix can also stand alone as an independent word.
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-logist
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specialist
Ex: radiologist
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-logy
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study of
Ex: pathology
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-lysis
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loosening or freeing or breaking apart or destroying
Ex: adhesiolysis
NOTE: This suffix can also stand alone as an independent word.
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-lytic
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pertaining to destruction or freeing or loosening or breaking apart.
Ex: hemolytic
NOTE: Notice that this is an adjectival ending attached to this suffix. See page 19 of MWB for further explanation.
NOTE: This suffix can also stand alone as an independent word.
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-malacia
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softening
Ex: chondromalacia
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-mania
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preoccupation
Ex: pyromania
NOTE: This suffix can also stand alone as an independent word.
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-megaly
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enlargement
Ex: cardiomegaly
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-meter
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unit or instrument of measure
Ex: alucometer
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-metry
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process of measuring
Ex: geometry
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-oid
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resembling
Ex: adenoid
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-oma
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tumor
Ex: lymphoma
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-opia
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vision
Ex: diplopia
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-ose
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sugar
Ex: glucose
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-osis
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condition - which is usually abnormal (proliferation of or an increased number of)
Ex: ptosis
NOTE: This particular meaning of condition is usually abnormal. See page 24 of MWB for further explanation.
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-ous
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pertaining to or characterized by
Ex: mucous
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-pathy
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disease or abnormality
Ex: adenopathy
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-penia
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deficiency
Ex: osteopenia
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