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Advanced Medical Terminology Chapter 3 ROOM221
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ac, -iac, -ic, -al, -ical, -ar, -eal, -tic, -ous | Pertaining to |
| -algia | Pain |
| -cele | Hernia |
| -centesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -coccus (Plural: cocci) | Berry shaped bacterium |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -dynia | Pain |
| -ectomy | Excision, Removal, Resection |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -er | One who |
| -genesis | Condition of producing, Forming |
| -genis | Pertaining to producing, Produced by, Produced in |
| -gram | Record |
| -graph | Instrument for recording |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -ia | Condition |
| -ist | Specialist |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -logy | Study of |
| -lysis | Breakdown, Destruction, Separation |
| -malacia | Softening |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -oid | Resembling |
| -ole, -ule | Little, Small |
| -oma | Tumor, Mass, Swelling, Collection of fluid |
| -opsy | To view |
| -ose | Pertaining to, Full of |
| -osis | Condition, Usually abnormal |
| -pathy | Disease condition |
| -penia | Deficiency |
| -phobia | Fear |
| -plasia | Growth, Formation, Development |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| -ptosis | Drooping, Prolapse, Falling |
| -rrhea | Flow, Dischange |
| -sclerosis | Hardening |
| -scope | Instrument used to visually examine |
| -scopy | Process of visual examination |
| -stasis | Controlling, Stopping |
| -stomy | Opening to form a mouth (stoma) |
| -therapy | Treatment |
| -tomy | Incision, Cutting into |
| -trophy | Development, Nourishment |
| -um, -ium | Structure, Tissue |
| -us | Structure, Substance |
| -y | Condition, Process |
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