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med-term 3a
suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-algia | pain |
-cele | hernia |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-coccus (cocci) | berry-shaped bacterium |
-cyte | cell |
-dynia | pain |
-ectomy | excision, removal, resection |
-emia | blood condition |
-genesis | condition of producing, forming |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-itis | inflammataion |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | breakdown destruction, separation |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor, mass, collection of fluid |
-opsy | to view |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease condition |
-schlerosis | hardening |
-scope | instument for visual examination |
-scopy | process of visual examination (w/ endoscope) |
-stasis | stopping, controlling |
-stomy | opening to form a mouth (stoma) |
-therapy | treatment |
-tomy | incision, cutting into |
-trophy | development nourishment |