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CHAPTER 9 - SUFFIX
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY CHAPTER 9 SUFFIXES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -SCHISIS | CLEFT;SPLITTING |
| -US | CONDITION;THING |
| -AR | PERTAINING TO |
| -ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| -AL | PERTAINING TO |
| -AR | PERTAINING TO |
| -GRAM | RECORD |
| -GRAPH | INSTRUMENT USED TO RECORD |
| -MALACIA | SOFTENING |
| -PATHY | DISEASE PROCESS |
| -TIC | PERTAINING TO |
| -ALGIA | PAIN |
| -LOGY | STUDY OF |
| -LOGIST | SPECIALIST IN THE STUDY OF |
| -LYSIS | DESTRUCTION;BREACKDOWN;SEPARATION |
| -STOMY | NEW OPENING |
| -KINESIA | MOVEMENT;MOTION |
| -KINESIS | MOVEMENT;MOTION |
| -OMA | BENIGN TUMOR |
| -PHASIA | SPEECH |
| -PLEGIA | PARALYSIS (LOSS OR IMPAIRMENT OF MOTOR FUNCTION) |
| -TAXIA | ORDER |
| -ION | PROCESS |