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Medical terminology
Matching the Suffix with the definition
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ium | tissue or structure |
| -icle | small |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -ia | condition |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -logy | study of |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -ist | specialist |
| -iatrist | specialist in the medicine of |
| -iatrics | medical science |
| -oid | resembling |
| -iasis | presence of |
| -cele | hernia |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -rrhea | flow |
| -lysis | loosen, break down |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -pre | before |
| -post | after |
| -re | again |
| -contra | against |
| -anti | against |
| -pro | before, on behalf of |
| -de | down, away from |
| -a | not |
| -an | not |
| -ante | before |
| -tachy | fast |