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SUFFIXES
Medical Terminology SUFFIXES
Term | Definition |
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-AC | PERTAINING TO |
-AL | PERTAINING TO |
-AR | PERTAINING TO |
-ARY | PERTAINING TO |
-IC | PERTAINING TO |
-INE | PERTAINING TO |
-IVE | PERTAINING TO |
-OUS | PERTAINING TO |
-ATION | BEING; HAVING; PROCESS |
-ION | ACTION; CONDITION |
-IA | CONDITION;STATE;THING |
-ISM | DISEASE FROM A SPECIFIC CAUSE |
-ITIS | INFLAMMATION OR INFECTION |
-MEGALY | ENLARGED |
-OMA | MASS OR TUMOR |
-OSIS | CONDITION; PROCESS |
-PATHY | DISEASE |
-ECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF |
-GRAM | PICURE OR RECORD |
-GRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING |
-METRY | PROCESS OF MEASURING |
-SCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED TO EXAMIN |
-STOMY | SURGICALLY CREATING AN OPENING |
-THERAPY | TREATMENT |
-TOMY | PROCESS OF CUTTING OR MAKING AN INCISION |
-IATRY | MEDICAL TREATMENT |
-ICS | KNOWLEDGE; PRACTICE |
-IST | PERSON WHO SPECIALIZES IN |
-LOGY | STUDY OF |
-ICE | QUALITY; STATE |
-ESIS OR -SIS | CONDITION;PROCESS |
-EMIA | CONDITION OF THE BLOOD |