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-ac
- meaning :pertaning to
- medical word example: cardiac
- (cardi/o -heart)
pertaining to the heart
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-al
meaning: pertaining to
- exp: intestinal
- (intestin/o- means intestine)
pertaining to the intestine
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-ar
meaning: pertaining to
exp: muscular- (muscul/o- : means muscle)
pertaining to the muscle
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-ary
meaning: pertaining to
urinary- (urin/o- means urine; urinary track)
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-ic
meaning: pertaining to
- exp: pelvic
- (pelv/o- means pelvis)
pertaning to the pelvis
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-ine
meaning: pertaining to
- exp: uterine
- (uter/o- means uterus)
pertaining to the uterus
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-ive
meaning: pertaining to
- exp: digestive
- (digest/o- means break down food; digest)
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-ous
meaning: pertaining to
means vein)
pertaining to a vein
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-ation
meaning: a process; being or having
- exp: urination
- (urin/o- means urine; urinary system)
a process of making urine
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-ion
meaning: action; condition
- exp: digestion
- (digest/o- means break down foods; digest)
action of breaking down food
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-lysis
meaning: process of beaking down or destroying
hem/o- means blood)
process of breaking down or destroying blood
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-ia
meaning: condition; state; thing
- exp: pneumonia
- (pneumon/o- means lung)
condition of the lung
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-itis
meaning: inflammation of; infection of
- exp: tonsillitis
- (tonsill/o- means tonsil)
infection of the tonsil
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-megaly
meaning: enlargment
- exp: cardiomegaly
- (cardi/o- means heart)
enlargment of heart
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-ism
meaning: process; disease from a specific cause
- exp: hypothyroidism
- (thyroid/o- means thyroid gland)
disease from the specific cause of deficient thyroid (hormone)
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-oma
meaning: tumor; mass
- exp: neuroma
- (neur/o- means nerve)
tumor on a nerve
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-osis
meaning: condition; abnormal & condition; process
- exp: psychosis
- (psych/o- means mind)
abnormal condition of the mind
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-pathy
meaning: disease; suffering
- exp: arthopathy
- (arthr/o- means joint )
disease of the joint
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-ectomy
meaning: surgical excision
- exp: appendectomy
- (append/o- means appendix )
- surgical excision of the appendix
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-gram
meaning: a record or picture
- exp: mammogram
- (mamm/o- means breast )
a record or picture of the breast
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-graphy
meaning: process of recording
- exp: mammography
- (mamm/o- means breast )
process of recording the breast
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-metry
meaning: process of measuring
- exp: spirometry
- (spir/o- means breathe )
process of measuring the breathing
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-scope
meaning: instrument used to examine
- exp: colonoscope
- (colon/o- means colon )
instrument used to examine the colon
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-scopy
meaning: process of using an instrument to examine
- exp: gastroscopy
- (gastr/o- means stomach)
process of using an instument to examine the stomach
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-stomy
meaning: surgically created opening
- exp: colostomy
- (col/o- means colon)
sugically created opening in the colon
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-therapy
meaning: treatment
- exp: psychotherapy
- (psych/o- means mind)
treatment of the mind
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-tomy
meaning: process of cutting or making incision
- exp: laparotomy
- (lapar/o- means abdomen)
process of making an incision in the abdomen
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-iatry
meaning: medical treatment
- exp: psychiarty
- (psych/o- means mind)
medical treatment for the mind
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-ist
meaning: one who specializes in
- exp: therapist
- (therap/o- means therapy)
one who specializes in therapy
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-logy
meaning: the study of
- exp: cardiology
- (cardi/o- means heart)
the study of the heart
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