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L&G Medical
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -(o)logy/ -(o)logist | Study of, specializing in ie: cardiologist |
| -graph(y)/ -gram | Recording an image, the image of ie: mammogram, radiography |
| -a/ an | absence of, without ie: anemiA |
| -itis/ -isy | inflammation of ie: nephritis |
| -(o)sis | Abnormal condition of ie: cyanosis |
| -ectomy/ -otomy | to cut out, to cut into ie: tracheotomy |
| -(o)stomy | to make a stoma (mouth) ie: Urostomy- long term opening in urinary system |
| -mega/ -megaly | enlarged- not just large- but abnormally large ie: acromegaly |
| -micro/ -macro | small, large ie: microephaly, macroglossia |
| -scope/ -scopy | to observe, observation of examination of ie:microscope, colonscopy |