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Suffixes
Term | Definition |
---|---|
-ac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-ation | being; having; process |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-gram | picture; record |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ia | condition; state; thing |
-iatry | medical treatment |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ics | knowledge; practice |
-ine | pertaining to; thing pertaining t |
-ion | action; condition |
-ism | disease from a specific cause; process |
-ist | person who specializes in; thing that specializes in |
-itis | infection of; inflammation of |
-ive | pertaining to |
-logy | study of |
-megaly | enlargement |
-metry | process of measuring |
-oma | mass; tumor |
-osis | condition; process |
-ous | pertaining to |
-pathy | disease |
-scope | instrument used to examine |
-scopy | process of using an instrument to examine |
-stomy | surgically created opening |
-therapy | treatment |
-tomy | process of cutting; process of making an incision |