click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Medical Terminology
Chapter 1 -Suffixes
| Suffix | Medical Meaning |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ia | condition; state; thing |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -iatry | medical treatment |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ation | a process; being or having |
| -ics | knowledge; practice |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| -gram | a record or picture |
| -ion | action; condition |
| -ism | process; disease from a specific cause |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation of; infection of |
| -pathy | disease |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| -scope | instrument used to examine |
| -logy | the study of |
| -scopy | process of using and instrument to examine |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -stomy | surgically created opening |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| -tomy | process of cutting or making an incision. |