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Chapter 1
Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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-ac -al -ar -ak -tic -ous -eal | pertaining too |
-ia -ism -osis | condition |
-ium | tissue |
-y | condition or procedure |
-icle -ole -ule -ula | small |
- -iatry | medical science |
-iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
-ist | specialist |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-logy | study of |
-algia -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 |
-pathy | Disease |
-penia | deficiency |
-ptosis | drooping |
-rrhage -rrhagia | excessive flow |
-rrhea | flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
-centesis | puncture |
-gram | written record |
-graph | instrument used to produce a record |
-graphy | process of written record |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-metry | process of measuring |
-scope | instrument to look |
-scopy | process of looking |
-desis | binding, formation |
-ectomy | removal |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | reconstruction, surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | sucture |
-stomy | creation of an opening |
-tomy | incision |