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Suffix Medical Terminology
Condition.
Example: pneumonia (lung condition with inflammation)
Sources
- Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean · MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine
Related terms
- -esis, -sisState, condition, or process.
- -gen, -genicProducing, causing, or origin.
- -gramA record or picture produced by a test.
- -graph, -graphyProcess of recording or making an image; -graph can also name the recording instrument.
- -iasisCondition or formation of, often abnormal.
- -iatry, -iatristMedical treatment (-iatry) or the specialist who provides it (-iatrist).
- -ismCondition or state.
- -itisInflammation.