Medical Terminology Suffixes

Hey everyone!  Here are the flash cards for the suffixes in Medical Terminology.  

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-algia, -dynia
Pain
-genesis
Origin or production
-lysis
Breaking down or dissolution
-megaly
Enlargement
-oid
Resembling
-penia
Abnormal reduction
-rrhea
Discharge
-spasm
Involuntary contraction
-cele
Pouching or hernia
-ectasis
Expansion or dilation
-emia
Blood condition
-iasis
Formation or presence of
-itis
Inflammation
-malacia
Softening
-oma
Tumor