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are divided into two groups: those that describe "Diagnoses" and those that describe "Procedures".
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Suffixes
are divided into two groups: those that describe "Diagnoses" and those that describe "Procedures".
Diagnostic Suffixes
describe disease conditions or their symptoms.
-algia
condition of pain, pain
-emia
blood condition
-ia
condition
-itis
inflammation
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor, mass
-osis
condition, abnormal condition
-pathy
disease condition
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-rrhage
excessive discharge of blood
-rrhagia
excessive discharge of blood
-sclerosis
hardening
-uria
condition of urine
-al
pertaining to
-eal
pertaining to
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-ic
pertaining to
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