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CWI Med term Chapter 1 suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-ac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-ation | a process, being or having |
-ectomy | surgical excision |
-gram | a record or picture |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ia | condition, state, thing |
-iatry | medical treatment |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ine | pertaining to |
-ion | action, condition |
-ism | process, disease from a specific cause |
-ist | one who specializes in |
-itis | inflammation of,infection of |
-ive | pertaining to |
-logy | the study of |
-lysis | process of breaking down or destroying |
-megaly | enlargement |
-metry | process of measuring |
-oma | tumor, mass |
-osis | condition, abnormal condition, process |
-ous | pertaining to |
-pathy | disease, suffering |
-scope | instrument used to examine |
-scopy | process of using an instrument to examine |
-stomy | surgically created opening |
-therapy | treatment |
-tomy | process of cutting or making an incision |