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Suffixes Chapter 2
Medical Terminology Suffixes
Question | Answer |
---|---|
-al | pertaining to |
-derma | skin condition |
-ectomy | surgical procedure |
-emia | blood condition |
-ia | state,condition |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ism | state of |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | study of |
-malacia | abnormal softening |
-oma | mass, tumor |
-opsy | view of |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-ous | pertaining to |
-phagia | eat,shallow |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhea | discharge |
-tic | pertaining to |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-ule | small |