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Terminology Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -acusis | hearing |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
| -malacia | softening |
| -meter | instument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
| -rrhea | discharge; flow |
| -scope | instrument for examing |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tropia | turning |