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medical terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia;swelling |
| -ectomy | excision;removal |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone;calculus |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -lysis | separation;destruction;loosening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -ole | small;minute |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -phagia | swallowing;eating |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -prandial | meal |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge;flow |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction;twitching |
| -stomy | forming an opening(mouth) |
| -tomy | incision |