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Medical Terminology
Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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eal, al, an, ac, ic, ar, ary, ous, tic | Pertaining To |
ia, ism, yum, y | Condition Of |
Ecto, extra, Exo | Outside |
Syn, sym, con | Together |
icle, ole, ule, ula | Small |
e, ec, ex | Out |
en, ends, intra | In, Inside |
desis | Binding, fixation |
ectomy | removal |
pexy | surgical fixation |
plasty | reconstruction |
rrhaphy | suture |
stomy | creation of an opening |
tomy | incision |
scopy | process of looking |
scope | instrument used for looking |
graphy | writing procedure |
graph | instrument used to produce a record |