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Medical Terminolgy
Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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-itis | inflamation |
-ic,-ac,-us,-al,-ar | pertaining to |
-logy | study of |
-pathy | disease of |
-scope | instrument to look |
-rrhea | discharge |
-scopy | process of viewing |
-phagia | swallow |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-megaly | enlargement |
-pepsia | digestion |
-cele | hernia or herniation |
-ectomy | excision "cut out" |
-tomy | incision "cut into" |
-rrhagia | hemorrage, bleeding |
-rrhapy | suture or stitch |
-rrhexis | rupture or burst |
-gram | picture |
-logist | specialist |
-grapher | person that takes pictures |
-graphy | process of taking pictures |
-algia | Pain |
-pnea | Breath |
-spasm-malacia | Softening |
-centesis | Surgical Puncture to draw out fluid |
-plasia | Development |
-meter | Instrument used to measure |
-metry | Process of measuring |