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Chapter 1 -Suffixes

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Suffix
Medical Meaning
-ac   pertaining to  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-al   pertaining to  
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-ia   condition; state; thing  
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-ar   pertaining to  
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-iatry   medical treatment  
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-ary   pertaining to  
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-ic   pertaining to  
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-ation   a process; being or having  
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-ics   knowledge; practice  
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-ectomy   surgical removal  
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-ine   pertaining to  
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-gram   a record or picture  
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-ion   action; condition  
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-ism   process; disease from a specific cause  
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-ist   one who specializes in  
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-ous   pertaining to  
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-itis   inflammation of; infection of  
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-pathy   disease  
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-ive   pertaining to  
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-scope   instrument used to examine  
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-logy   the study of  
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-scopy   process of using and instrument to examine  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-stomy   surgically created opening  
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-metry   process of measuring  
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-therapy   treatment  
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-oma   tumor; mass  
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-tomy   process of cutting or making an incision.  
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