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Haney MedTerm C 2
Haney medtem c2-JB
Question | Answer |
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Where does a suffix go? | after a root word |
Is a combing vowel need when the suffix begins with a consant? | Yes |
If the suffix begins with a vowel? | no combining vowel is needed |
What does -ate mean? | something that... |
What does -esis mean? | condition of |
What does -iatry mean? | Medical treatment |
what does -ism mean? | condition |
what does -ist mean? | Practitioner |
What does -osis mean? | condition |
what does -al mean? | Pertaining to |
what does -ous mean? | pertaining to |
what does -ary mean? | pertaining to |
what does -ician mean? | specialist in a field of study |
what does -iatrics mean? | relating to medicine |
what does -iatry mean? | medical treatment |
what does -iatrist mean? | one who treats |
what does -ist mean? | Practioner |
what does -logist mean? | one who specializes in the study of |
what does -logy mean? | the study of |
what does -centesis mean? | surgical puncture |
what does -clasis mean? | crushing or breaking up |
what does -desis mean? | binding or surgical fusion |
what does -ectomy mean? | surgical removal |
what does -gram mean? | record or picture |
what does -graph mean? | an instrument used to record |
what does -graphy mean? | process of recording |
what does -ize mean? | to make |
what does -lysis mean? | destruction |
what does -meter mean? | an instrument used to measure |
what does -metry mean? | the process of measuring |
what does -pexy mean? | surgical fixation |
what does -plasty mean? | surgical repair |
what does -rrhaphy mean? | suturing |
what does -scope mean? | an instrument used to view |
what does -scopy mean? | the process of viewing with a scope |
what does -stomy mean? | the surgical creation of a new opening |
what does -tomy mean? | incision into |
what does -tripsy mean? | intentional crushing |
what does -megaly mean? | enlargement |
what does -pathy mean? | disease |