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What are the most common suffixes in medical terminology?

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What are the most common suffixes in medical terminology?

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Common medical suffixes include itis meaning inflammation, osis meaning abnormal condition, ectomy meaning surgical removal, otomy meaning surgical incision, ostomy meaning creating an opening, plasty meaning surgical repair, scopy meaning visual examination, graphy meaning recording process, gram meaning the record itself, algia meaning pain, emia meaning blood condition, and ology meaning the study of. Suffixes attach to the end of a root word.
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