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MED104 Ch1.2
Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ia, -ism, -y | condition |
| -ium | tissue, structure |
| -icle, -ole, -ule, -ula | small |
| -y | condition, procedure |
| -tomy | cut, incision |
| -ist | specialist |
| -logy | study of |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -iatrics, -iatry | medical science |
| -iatrist | specialist in medicine of |
| -algia, -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | loosen, breakdown |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive flow |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -centesis | puncture |
| -gram | written record |
| -graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -meter | measuring instrument |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -scope | looking instument |
| -scopy | process of looking |
| -desis | binding, fixation |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | creation of an opening |
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