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med terminolog
suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | pertaining to, produced by, producing,or produced in |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -ic,-ical | pertaining to |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | specialist, one who specializes in |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells) |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -scope | instrument used to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visually examining with an endoscope |
| -sis | state of; condition |
| -y | process condition |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | process, condition |
| -ose | pertaining to, full of |
| -plasm | formation |
| -somes | bodies |
| -type | picture, classification |