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Ch1 Suffixes

  1. -ac, -al
    p/t
  2. -algia
    pain
  3. -cyte
    cell
  4. -ectomy
    removal
  5. -emia
    blood cond.
  6. -genic
    p/t producing
  7. -globin
    protein
  8. -ic, -ical
    p/t
  9. -ion
    process
  10. -ist
    specialist
  11. -itis
    inflammation
  12. -logy
    process of study
  13. -oma
    tumor, mass, swelling
  14. -opsy
    process of viewing
  15. -osis
    condm (abnrml increase in #'s- when blood cells)
  16. -pathy
    disease cond.
  17. -scope
    instrument to visually examine
  18. -scopy
    process of visually examining w/ an endoscope
  19. -sis
    state of; cond.
  20. -tomy
    process of cutting, incision
  21. -y
    process, cond.
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Ch1 Suffixes
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Chapter 1 Suffixes
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