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Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ation | being; having; process |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -gram | picture; record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition; state; thing |
| -iatry | medical treatment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ics | knowledge; practice |
| -ine | pertaining to; thing pertaining t |
| -ion | action; condition |
| -ism | disease from a specific cause; process |
| -ist | person who specializes in; thing that specializes in |
| -itis | infection of; inflammation of |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| -logy | study of |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -oma | mass; tumor |
| -osis | condition; process |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -scope | instrument used to examine |
| -scopy | process of using an instrument to examine |
| -stomy | surgically created opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | process of cutting; process of making an incision |