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Orange Terminology
Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-cele | hernia, swelling |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-emesis | vomiting |
-iasis | abnormal condition (produced by something specific) |
-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 |
-tomy | incision |
-listhesis | slipping |
-plakia | plaque |