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Pathological Suffixes
35 cards·by cdstout
-osis / -cytosis
abnormal condition, increase
-penia
too few, decreased
-iasis
abnormal condition caused by something specific
-pathy
disease
-gen / -genesis
formation, production, origin
-oma
tumor
-plasia / -plasm
formation, growth, development
-itis
inflammation
-algia
pain
-algesia
pain
-dynia
pain
-edema
swelling
-cele
hernia / swelling
-lysis
destruction / dissolution
-malacia
abnormal softening
-sclerosis
hardening
-rrhea
discharge / flow
-rrhage / -rrhagia
bursting forth of
-stasis
stopping
-stalsis
contraction
-spasm
involuntary contraction (twitching)
-ptosis
drooping
-megaly
abnormal enlargement
-stenosis
narrowing / stricture
-ectasia / -ectasis
dialation / expansion
-rrhexis
rupture
-emia
blood condition
-emesis
vomiting
-lith
stone / calculus
-plegia
paralysis
-paresis
weakness
-asthenia
weakness
-phobia
fear of
-philia
loving
-toxic
poisonous