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Complex Suffxes
Chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -iatrics -iatry | Medical science |
| -iatrist | Specialist in medicine of |
| -ist | Specialist |
| -logist | Specialist in the study of |
| -logy | Study of |
| -algia -dynia | Pain |
| -cele | Hernia |
| -emia | Blood Condition |
| -iasis | Presence of |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -lysis | Loosen, break down |
| -malacia | Abnormal softening |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -oid | Resembling |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | Deficiency |
| -ptosis | Drooping |
| -rrhage -rrhagia | Excessive flow |
| -rrhea | Flow |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| -spasm | Involuntary movement |