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Suffix medical lang.
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 (a bulging of tissue into an area where it doesn’t belong) |
-emia | blood condition |
-iasis | presence of |
-itis | inflammation |
-lysis | loosen, break down |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oid | resembling . |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condition |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | deficiency |
-ptosis | drooping |
-rrhage, -rrhagia | excessive flow |
-rrhea | flow |
-rrheixs | rupture |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
-centesis | puncture |
-gram | written record |
-graph | instrument used to produce a record |
-graphy | writing procedure |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
-metry | process of measuring |
-scope | instrument used to look |
-scopy | process of looking |
-desis | binding, fixation |
-ectomy | removal |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | reconstruction |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-stomy | creation of an opening |
-tomy | incision |