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Purple Module
Terminology - Shortened Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-acusis | hearing |
-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-ary | pertaining to |
-cele | hernia, swelling |
-cusis | hearing |
-dynia | pain |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ic | pertaining to |
-itis | inflammation |
--logist | specialist in the study of |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | separation, loosening, destruction |
-malacia | softening |
-meter | instrument for examination |
-metry | art of measuring |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-opia | vision |
-opsia | vision |
-ous | pertaining to |
-pathy | disease |
-phasia | speech |
-phobia | fear |
-plegia | paralysis |
-ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-scope | instrument for examining |
-scopy | visual examination |
-stomy | form an opening (mouth) |
-tic | pertaining to |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-tomy | incision |
-tropia | turning |
-ia | condition |