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Chapter 5
Suffixes
| Suffix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| -algia | pain |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia, protrusion |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -genic | pertaining to producing |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | mass, tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease, emotion |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -scopy | process of visual examination |
| -stomy | opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | incision |