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