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Chapter 5 Suffix
All of Suffix of Medical language of lesson 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ac -us -tous -ous -ate -al -ale -tic -etic -ic -ar -ary | pertaining to |
| -logist | speaialist |
| -logy | study of |
| -ation -ade -ion | process |
| -gram | a record, |
| -graph | to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -esis -ia -osis | condition |
| -tomy | surgical incision |
| -ode | way, road |
| -ist | specialist in |
| -um | structure |
| -ion -ize | action, condition |
| -emia | a blood condition |
| -emic | a condition of the blood |
| -id | having a particular quality |
| -version -tropic | change |
| -ator | instrument |
| -able | capable |
| -maker | the one makes |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -pathy | disease |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ence -ency | quality of |
| -sis | abnormal condition |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| -ectomy | surgical excision |
| -ization | process of inserting |
| -lytic | pertaining to destruction |
| -ide | having a particular quality |
| -ant | forming |
| -a | without, not |
| -or | that which does something |
| -ins | knowlegde |
| -ose | full off |
| -ole -ule | small |
| -stasis | stand still |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| -scope | to examin |