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Ch 01 Common Suffix
Acquiring Medical Language
Term | Definition |
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-ac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-eal | pertaining to |
-ic | pertaining to |
-tic | pertaining to |
-ous | pertaining to |
-ia | condition |
-ism | condition |
-ium | tissue, structure |
-y | condition,procedure |
-icle | small |
-ole | small |
-ule | small |
-ula | small |
-iatrics | medical science |
-iatry | medical science |
-iatrist | specialist in the medicine of |
-ist | specialist |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-logy | study of |
-algia | pain |
-dynia | pain |
-cele | hernia |
-emia | blood condition |
-iasis | presence of |
-itis | inflammation |
-lysis | loosen, break down |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | deficiency |
-ptosis | drooping |
-rrhage | excessive flow |
-rrhagia | excessive flow |
-rrhea | flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
-centesis | puncture |
-gram | written record |
-graph | instrument used to produce a record |
-graphy | writing procedure |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-scope | instrument used to look |
-scopy | process of looking |
-desis | binding,fixation |
-ectomy | removal |
-pexy | surgical fixatin |
-plasty | reconstruction |
-rraphy | suture |
-stomy | creation of an opening |
-tomy | incision |