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Medical Terminology Chapter 1: Suffixes

  1. -al
    pertaining to
  2. -algia
    pain
  3. -cyte
    cell
  4. -ectomy
    • cutting out
    • removal
    • excision 
  5. -emia
    blood condition
  6. -globin
    protein
  7. -gram
    record
  8. -ia
    condition
  9. -ic
    pertaining to
  10. -ism
    • condition
    • process 
  11. -itis
    inflammation
  12. -logist
    specialist in the study of
  13. -logy
    study of
  14. -oma
    • tumor
    • mass 
  15. -opsy
    to view
  16. -osis
    abnormal conidition
  17. -scope
    instrument to visually examine
  18. -scopy
    process of visual examination
  19. -sis
    state of
  20. -tomy
    • process of cutting into
    • incision 
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Medical Terminology Chapter 1: Suffixes
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