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Haney MedTerm C 2
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where does a suffix go? | after a root word |
| Is a combing vowel need when the suffix begins with a consant? | Yes |
| If the suffix begins with a vowel? | no combining vowel is needed |
| What does -ate mean? | something that... |
| What does -esis mean? | condition of |
| What does -iatry mean? | Medical treatment |
| what does -ism mean? | condition |
| what does -ist mean? | Practitioner |
| What does -osis mean? | condition |
| what does -al mean? | Pertaining to |
| what does -ous mean? | pertaining to |
| what does -ary mean? | pertaining to |
| what does -ician mean? | specialist in a field of study |
| what does -iatrics mean? | relating to medicine |
| what does -iatry mean? | medical treatment |
| what does -iatrist mean? | one who treats |
| what does -ist mean? | Practioner |
| what does -logist mean? | one who specializes in the study of |
| what does -logy mean? | the study of |
| what does -centesis mean? | surgical puncture |
| what does -clasis mean? | crushing or breaking up |
| what does -desis mean? | binding or surgical fusion |
| what does -ectomy mean? | surgical removal |
| what does -gram mean? | record or picture |
| what does -graph mean? | an instrument used to record |
| what does -graphy mean? | process of recording |
| what does -ize mean? | to make |
| what does -lysis mean? | destruction |
| what does -meter mean? | an instrument used to measure |
| what does -metry mean? | the process of measuring |
| what does -pexy mean? | surgical fixation |
| what does -plasty mean? | surgical repair |
| what does -rrhaphy mean? | suturing |
| what does -scope mean? | an instrument used to view |
| what does -scopy mean? | the process of viewing with a scope |
| what does -stomy mean? | the surgical creation of a new opening |
| what does -tomy mean? | incision into |
| what does -tripsy mean? | intentional crushing |
| what does -megaly mean? | enlargement |
| what does -pathy mean? | disease |