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Medical Terminology
Suffixes
Meaning | Terminology |
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-ac | pertaining to (cardiac) |
-al | pertaining to (neural) |
-algia | pain (arthralgia) |
-cyte | cell (erythrocyte) |
-ectomy | excision, removal (nephrectomy) |
-emia | blood condition (leukemia) |
-genic | pertaining to, producing (carcinogenic) |
-globin | protein (hemoglobin) |
-gram | record (electroencephalogram) |
-ic,-ical | pertaining to (gastric, neurologic) |
-ion | process (excision) |
-ist | specialist (Opthomologist) |
-itis | inflammation (cystitis) |
-logy | process of study (endocrinology) |
-osis | tumor, mass, swelling (hepatoma) |
-oma | process of viewing (biopsy) |
-opsy | disease condition (enteropathy) |
-osis | condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells) |
-pathy | disease condition (enteropathy) |
-scope | instrument to visually examine |
-scopy | process of visually examining (endoscopy) |
-sis | state of, condition (prognosis) |
-tomy | process of cutting, incision (osteotomy) |
-y | process, condition (gastroenterology) |
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