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LOM Ch 1 Suffixes
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genic | pertaining to producing; produced by or in |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -ic; -ical | pertaining to |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | process of study |
| -oma | tumor, mass or swelling |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | condition (usually abnormal) |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -scope | instrument to examine visually |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -sis | state of; condition |
| -tomy | process of cutting; incising |
| -y | process, condition |