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Elliott Blue Suffix
Suffix terms from blue cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -iac | pertaining to |
| sacroiliac | pertaining to the sacrum and ileum |
| -algia | pain |
| neuralgia | nerve pain |
| -ectomy | excision,surgical removal |
| appendectomy | removal of the appendix |
| -gram | record |
| encephalogram | record of the electrical activity of the brain |
| -ia | condition of |
| dysphasia | condition of difficult/abnormal speech |
| -ian | specialist |
| technician | specialist in technical procedures |
| -ism | condition,method,or process |
| botulism | a condition(illness) caused by exposure to Clostridium botulinum |
| -itis | inflammation |
| nephritis | inflammation of the kidney |
| -logy | study,practice |
| dermatology | study and treatment of skin disorders |
| -oid | like,resembling |
| cardoid | resembling a heart |
| -oma | tumor |
| hematoma | blood tumor |
| -pathy | disease |
| osteopathy | bone disease |
| scope- | instrument for viewing or examining |
| microscope | instrument for viewing or examining small(not visible to nake eye) specimens or objects |
| -tomy | process of cutting,incision |
| laparotomy | incision into the abdomen |