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Chapter 3 Chabner
suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac, -iac, -al, -ar, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ous, -tic | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -coccus (plura: -cocci) | berry - shaped bacterium |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision, removal, resection |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -er | one who |
| -genisis | condition of producing, forming |
| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by, or in |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, separation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -ole, -ule | little, small |
| -oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
| -opsy | to view |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | development, formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping, falling, prolapse |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | process of visual examination (with an endoscope) |
| -stasis | controlling, stopping |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth (stoma) |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | incision, cutting into |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -um, -ium | structure, tissue |
| -us | structure, substance |
| -y | condition, process |
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