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Ch 10 Special Senses
Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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-al -atic -ic -ory -ous -tic | pertaining to |
-cusis | hearing |
-ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
-esthesia | feeling; sensation |
-ia | condition |
-ion | process; state; condition |
-ism | process; condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-metry | process of measuring |
-oma | tumor; mass |
-opia | vision; condition |
-osmia | smell condition |
-otia | ear condition |
-pathy | disease |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-ptosis | droop; sag; prolapse; protrude |
-sclerosis | hardening; thickening |
-scope | instrument used to view |
-scopy | visual examination using a scope |
-tomy | process of cutting; incision |
-tropia | to turn |