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Section V. SUFFIXES - PERTAINING TO SYMPTOMS<br />

We will now study the symptomatic suffixes.<br />

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233 -algia is a suffix meaning pain.<br />

Dentalgia, then, is the medical term for<br />

a __________ in the tooth.<br />

den-tal'je-ah<br />

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234 -genic is the suffix for producing or<br />

originating. Pyo, as you recall, is the<br />

stem for pus. Pyogenic, then, is the<br />

term for __________ pus.<br />

pain<br />

pi"o-jen'ik<br />

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235 -lysis is a suffix meaning destruction or<br />

breakdown. Hemolysis, therefore,<br />

means the __________ of red blood<br />

cells.<br />

producing<br />

he-mol'i-sis<br />

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destruction<br />

MD0010 4-20

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