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suffix
medical terminology word parts 1
Term | Definition |
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-ac pronounced AK | pertaining to |
-al pronounced Al | pertaining to as in skeletal |
-ar ar | pertaining to as in muscular |
-ary pronounced ar -ee | pertaining to |
-ic ik | pertaining to |
-tic tik | pertaining to |
-ous us | pertaining to |
-ia ee -ah | condition |
-ism iz-um | condition |
-ium ee-um | tissue structure |
-y ee | condition , procedure |
-icle Ik-el | small |
-ole | small |
-ule yool | small |
-ula yoo-lah | small |
-iatrics ee-AH-triks | medical science- |
-iatry AI-ah-tree | medical science |
-iatrist EE-ah-trist | specialist in the medicine of |
-ist ist | specialist |
-logist loh-gist | specialist in the study of |
-logy loh-jee | study of |
complex suffixes | formed with other suffixes roots and prefixees |
-tomy | formed of the two word part -y condition or procedure and the root tom/o to cut |
-ectomy | made of word parts -ec pertaining to tom/o to cut and y condition means procedure |