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Medical Terminology
Suffixes and their meanings
Term | Definition |
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-algia | pain, painful |
-cele | swelling |
-ectomy | to remove, to cut out |
-em(ia) | blood |
-ism | affection |
-kine | movement |
-oma | tumour, growth |
-plasty | shape, correct surgically |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-tomy | to cut |
-blast | young cell |
-cyt(o) | cell |
-graphy | note, record |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | study |
-ostomy | make a slit |
-scopy | to look at/in |