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MT Short Course Ch3a
Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-algia | pain |
-emia | blood condition |
-ia | condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor; mass |
-osis | condition, abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease condition |
-rrhea | flow; discharge |
-rrhage or -rrhagia | excessive discharge of blood |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-uria | conditon of urine |
-al -eal -ar -ary -ic | pertaining to |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-ectomy | removal, resection (removal of part), excision |
-gram | record |
-graphy | process of recording |
-lysis | separation, breakdown, destruction |
-plasty | surgical repair, or surgical correction |
-scopy | process of visual examination |
-stomy | opening |
-therapy | treatment |
-tomy | incision, to cut into |