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Med Term Suffixes
Chapter 1 Suffixes Med 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 produced in |
| -gram | record |
| -ic, ical | pertaining to |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells) |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -sis | state of |
| -tomy | process of cutting, incision |
| -y | process, condition |