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med term - suffixes
AH110
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac | Pertaining to |
| -al | Pertaining to |
| -ar | Pertaining to |
| -ary | Pertaining to |
| -ation | A process; being or having |
| -ectomy | surgical incision |
| -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 |
| -itis | 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 |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | process of cutting or making an incision |