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CH 8 Study Guide
CH 8 REVIEW (Orthopedics: Skeletal - Suffixes)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ation | a process; being or having |
| -ative | pertaining to |
| -blast | immature cell |
| -centesis | procedure to puncture |
| -clast | cell that breaks down substances |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | procedure to fuse together |
| -ectomy | surgical excision |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ed | pertaining to |
| -ee | person who is the object of an action |
| -graft | tissue for implant or transplant |
| -gram | a record or picture |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition ; state ; thing |
| -ial | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ics | knowledge ; practice |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| -ion | action ; condition |
| -itis | inflammation of ; infection of |
| -ization | process of making, creating, or inserting |
| -ment | action ; state |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -olisthesis | abnormal condition with slipping |
| -oma | tumor ; mass |
| -ory | having the function of |
| -osing | a condition of doing |
| -osis | condition ; abnormal condition ; process |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease ; suffering |
| -physis | state of growing |
| -phyte | growth |
| -plasty | process of reshaping by surgery |
| -scope | instrument used to examine |
| -scopy | process of using an instrument to examine |
| -steroid | steroid |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tion | a process ; being or having |
| -tome | instrument used to cut ; area with distinct edges |
| -ure | system ; result of |
| -verse | to travel ; to turn |