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SUFFIXES
Medical Terminology SUFFIXES
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -AC | PERTAINING TO |
| -AL | PERTAINING TO |
| -AR | PERTAINING TO |
| -ARY | PERTAINING TO |
| -IC | PERTAINING TO |
| -INE | PERTAINING TO |
| -IVE | PERTAINING TO |
| -OUS | PERTAINING TO |
| -ATION | BEING; HAVING; PROCESS |
| -ION | ACTION; CONDITION |
| -IA | CONDITION;STATE;THING |
| -ISM | DISEASE FROM A SPECIFIC CAUSE |
| -ITIS | INFLAMMATION OR INFECTION |
| -MEGALY | ENLARGED |
| -OMA | MASS OR TUMOR |
| -OSIS | CONDITION; PROCESS |
| -PATHY | DISEASE |
| -ECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF |
| -GRAM | PICURE OR RECORD |
| -GRAPHY | PROCESS OF RECORDING |
| -METRY | PROCESS OF MEASURING |
| -SCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED TO EXAMIN |
| -STOMY | SURGICALLY CREATING AN OPENING |
| -THERAPY | TREATMENT |
| -TOMY | PROCESS OF CUTTING OR MAKING AN INCISION |
| -IATRY | MEDICAL TREATMENT |
| -ICS | KNOWLEDGE; PRACTICE |
| -IST | PERSON WHO SPECIALIZES IN |
| -LOGY | STUDY OF |
| -ICE | QUALITY; STATE |
| -ESIS OR -SIS | CONDITION;PROCESS |
| -EMIA | CONDITION OF THE BLOOD |