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Chapter 3
Suffixes
Suffix | Meaning |
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-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-eal | Pertaining to |
-ectomy | excision (resection, removal): process of cutting out |
-emia | blood condition |
-gram | record |
-graphy | process of recording, to record |
-ia | condition |
-ic | pertaining to |
-itis | inflammation |
-lysis | separation, breakdown, destructoitn |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhage | bursting forth of blood |
-rrhagia | bursting forth of blood |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scopy | process of viewing or visual examination |
-stomy | opening |
-therapy | treatment |
-tomy | incision, process of cutting into |
-uria | urine condition |