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Suffixes
Integumentary
Term | Definition |
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary | pertaining to |
-ic | pertaining to, characteristics |
-ose, -ous | pertaining to |
-tic | pertaining to |
-centesis | surgical puncture as to aspire or remove fluid |
-cision | process of cutting |
-ectomy | excision (surgical removal or cutting out) |
-gram | a drawing or a written record |
-graph | product of a drawing, writing or recording |
-graphy | the process of recording |
-ia | condition |
-ism | condition process, theory of, principle, method |
-itis | inflammation |
ologist | one who studies |
-ology | study of |
-lysis | process of loosening, freeing, or destroying |
-opsy | to view |
-osis | condition, status process |
-otomy | cutting into |
-ostomy | formation of an opening |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-pathy | disease |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scope | instrument for viewing |
-sis | state of, condition |
-stasis | to stand, place, stop, control |
-stenosis | narrowing |
-tension | pressure |
-therapy | treatment |
-thoracic | chest |
-ule | small |