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Med.Term
Chabner, Language of Medicine 11th edition-Chapter 01 Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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ac, -al, -ic, ical | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-cyte | cell |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-genic | produced by or in |
-globin | protein |
-gram | record |
-ion | process |
-ist | specialist |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | process of study |
-oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
-opsy | process of viewing |
-osis | condition, usually abnormal |
-pathy | disease condition |
-scope | instrument of visually examine |
-scopy | process of visually examining |
-sis | state of; condition |
-tomy | process of cutting, incision |
-y | process, condition |