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-ac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-ation
a process; being or having
-ectomy
surgical excision
-gram
a record or picture
-graphy
process of recording
-ia
condition; state; thing
-iatry
medical treatment
-ic
pertaining to
-ine
pertaining to
-ion
action; condition
-ism
process; disease from a specific cause
-ist
one who specialized in
-itis
inflammation of; infection of
-ive
pertaining to
-logy
the study of
-lysis
process of breaking down or destroying
-megaly
enlargement
-metry
process of measuring
-oma
tumor; mass
-osis
condition; abnormal condition; process
-ous
pertaining to
-pathy
disease; suffering
-scope
instrument used to examine
-scopy
process of using and instrument to examine
-stomy
surgically created opening
-therapy
treatment
-tomy
process of cutting or making an incision
a-
away from; without
an-
without; not
anti-
against
bi-
two
brady-
slow
de-
reversal of; without
dys-
painful; difficult; abnormal
endo-
innermost; within
epi-
upon; above
eu-
normal; good
hemi-
one half
hyper-
above; more than normal
hypo-
below; deficient
inter-
between
intra-
within
mal-
bad; inadequate
mono-
one; single
peri-
around
poly-
many; much
post-
after; behind
pre-
before; in front of
quadri-
four
re-
again and again
sub-
below; underneath; less than
tachy-
fast
trans-
across; through
tri-
three
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Medical Terminology Chapter 1
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