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Medical Terminology
Chapter 1.2 - Concepts, Suffixes, Prefixes
Term | Definition |
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Plural Ending: -ex, -ix, -yx | ices |
Plural Ending: -nx (anx, inx, ynx) | nges |
Plural Ending: -on | a |
Plural Ending: -um | a |
Plural Ending: -en | ina |
Plural Ending: -a | ae |
Plural Ending: -is | es |
Plural Ending: -ma | mata |
Plural Ending: -us | i |
Medical Specialties: -ian and -ist | Specialist in a field of study |
Medical Specialties: -iatrics, -iatry, -ics | Medical specialty |
Medical Specialties: -logy | Study of |
What does the suffix -ac mean? | Pertaining To |
What does the suffix -al mean? | Pertaining To |
What does the suffix -ar mean? | Pertaining To |
What does the suffix -ary mean? | Pertaining To |
What does the suffix -ic mean? | Pertaining To |
What does the suffix -ical mean? | Pertaining To |
What does the suffix -ile mean? | Pertaining To |
What does the suffix -ory mean? | Pertaining To |
What does the suffix -ous mean? | Pertaining To |
What does the suffix -form mean? | Like or Resembling |
What does the suffix -oid mean? | Like or Resembling |
What does the suffix -ia mean? | Condition Of |
What does the suffix -ism mean? | Condition Of |
What does the suffix -sis mean? | Condition Of |
What does the suffix -y mean? | Condition Of |
What does the suffixes -osis and -iasis mean? | Denotes An ABNORMAL Condition |
What does the suffixes -esis and -asis mean? | Denotes A NORMAL Condition |