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Ch 3 Muscular System
Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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-ac -al -ar -ic | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-asthenia | weakness |
-cele | hernia; swelling; protrusion |
-ceps | heads (attachments) |
-dynia | pain |
-ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
-esthesia | sensation |
-gram | record; image |
-graphy | process of rereading |
-ia | condition |
-ion | process; state; condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | breakdown; separation; loosening |
-malacia | softening |
-oma | tumor; mass |
-paresis | weakness |
-penia | deficiency |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
-plegic | pertaining to paralysis |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-scope | instrument used to view |
-scopy | visual examination |
-tomy | process of cutting; incision |
-tonia | tone tension |
-trophy | condition of growth or development |