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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
CHAPTER 4 - PART 2 PREFIX - SUFFIX REVIEW
Term | Definition |
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-ism, - emia | condition |
-ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
-derma | skin |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-ology | study of |
-rrhea | flow; discharge |
-ous, -ic, -al, -tic | pertaining to |
-cyte | cell |
-ologist | specialist in the study of |
-oid | resembling |
-pathy | disease of |
-tomy | incision; cutting into |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-malacia | softening |
-gram | record |
-penia | deficiency |
-trophy | nourishment; growth |
-lysis | destruction |
-gensis | creating; producing |
-graphy | process of recording |
-phobia | fear |
-sclersis | abnormal condition of hardening |
circum- | around |
epi- | above; upon |
a-, an-, in- | without, not, absence of |