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Chapter 1
Simple Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ac, al, ar, ary, eal, ic, tic, ous | pertaining to |
| ia, ism | condition |
| ium | tissue, structure |
| y | condition, procedure |
| icle, ole, ule, ula | small |
| iatrics, iatry | medical science |
| iatrist | specialist in medicine of (ex: psychiatrist) |
| ist | specialist |
| logist | specialist in the study of (ex: psychologist) |
| logy | study of |
| algia, dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia (bulging of tissue into an area it doesn't belong) |
| emia | blood condition |
| iasis | presence of |
| itis | inflammation |
| lysis | loosen, break down (ex: hemolysis) |
| malacia | abnormal softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oid | resembling |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | condition |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | deficiency |
| ptosis | drooping |
| rrhage, rrhagia | excessive flow |
| rrhea | flow |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| spasm | involuntary contraction |
| centesis | puncture |
| gram | written word |
| graph | instrument used to produce a record |
| graphy | writing procedure |
| meter | instrument used to measure |
| metry | process of measuring |
| scope | instrument used to look |
| scopy | process of looking |
| desis | binding, fixation |
| ectomy | removal |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| plasty | reconstruction |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| stomy | creation of an opening |