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Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-logy | the study of |
-ist | one who specializes in |
-iatry | medical treatment |
-ac | pertaining to |
-ation | a process |
-ion | action |
-ia | condition; state |
-ism | disease from a specific cause |
-itis | infection |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease |
-ectomy | surgical excision |
-gram | a record or picture |
-graphy | process of recording |
-scope | instrument used to examine |
-scopy | process of using an instrument to examine |
-stomy | surgically created opening |
-therapy | treatment |
-tomy | process of cutting or making an incision |