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Ch. 2 suffixes
Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ECTOMY | REMOVAL |
| -EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
| -IATRICS | MEDICAL SCIENCE |
| -IA | CONDITION |
| -STOMY | CREATION OF AN OPENING |
| -ULA | SMALL |
| -RRHAGE | EXCESSIVE FLOW |
| -SCOPY | PROCESS OF LOOKING |
| -LOGIST | SPECIALIST IN THE STUDY OF |
| -PATHY | DISEASE |
| -METER | INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE |
| -IARTY | MEDICAL SCIENCE |
| -OMA | TUMOR |
| -ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| -SCOPE | INSTRUMENT USED TO LOOK |
| -GRAPHY | WRITING PROCEDURE |
| -PEXY | SURGICAL FIXATION |
| -PLASTY | RECONSTRUCTION |
| -Y | CONDITION |
| -OSIS | CONDITION |
| -OLE | SMALL |
| -PTOSIS | DROOPING |
| -RRHEXIS | RUPTURE |
| -MEGALY | ENLARGEMENT |
| -ISM | CONDITION |
| -AGLIA | PAIN |
| -RRHEA | FLOW |
| -ULE | SMALL |
| -RRHAPHY | SUTURE |
| -ICLE | SMALL |
| -DESIS | BINDING, FIXATION |
| -TOMY | INCISION |
| -RRHAGIA | EXCESSIVE FLOW |
| -LOGY | STUDY OF |
| -IATRIST | STUDY IN MEDICINE OF |
| -CENTESIS | PUNCTURE |
| -GRAPH | INSTRUMENT USED TO PRODUCE A RECORD |
| -IST | SPECIALIST |
| -CELE | HERNIA |
| -METRY | PROCESS OF MEASURING |
| -LYSIS | LOOSEN, BROKEN DOWN |
| -SPASM | INVOLUNTARY CONTRACTION |
| -MALACIA | ABNORMAL SOFTENING |
| -DYNIA | PAIN |
| -PENIA | DEFICIENCY |
| -OID | RESEMBLING |
| -IUM | TISSUE, STRUCTURE |
| -GRAM | WRITTEN RECORD |
| -IASIS | PRESENCE OF |