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Complex Suffxes
Chapter 1
Term | Definition |
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-iatrics -iatry | Medical science |
-iatrist | Specialist in medicine of |
-ist | Specialist |
-logist | Specialist in the study of |
-logy | Study of |
-algia -dynia | Pain |
-cele | Hernia |
-emia | Blood Condition |
-iasis | Presence of |
-itis | Inflammation |
-lysis | Loosen, break down |
-malacia | Abnormal softening |
-megaly | Enlargement |
-oid | Resembling |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | Deficiency |
-ptosis | Drooping |
-rrhage -rrhagia | Excessive flow |
-rrhea | Flow |
-rrhexis | Rupture |
-spasm | Involuntary movement |