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Rad 110 MedTerms Ch2
Medical Terminology Systems Ch 2 select Suffixes
Suffix | Meaning |
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-itis | inflammation |
-emesis | vomiting |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
-tomy | incision |
-gram | record, writing |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-scope | instrument for examining |
-scopy | visual examination |
-edema | swelling |
-lith | stone, calculus |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor |
-pathy | disease |
-phasia | speech |
-spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
-toxic | poison |
-sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
-ical | pertaining to |
-iatry | medicine; treatment |
-ician | specialist |