Suffixes Ch 2

-ac

pertaining to
-al

pertaining to
-algia

pain
-cyte

cell
-ectomy
- excision
- removal
-emia

blood condition
-genic
- pertaining to producing
- produced by
- produced in
-globin

protein
-gram

record
-ic
-ical

pertaining to
-ion

process
-ist

specialist
-itis

inflammation
-logy

process of study
-oma
- tumor
- mass
- swelling
-opsy

process of viewing
-osis
- condition
- usually abnormal
- (slight increase in numbers when used in blood cells)
-pathy

disease condition
-scope

instrument to visually examine
-scopy

process of visually examining
-sis
- state of
- condition
-tomy
- process of cutting
- incision
-y
- process
- condition

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Suffixes Ch 2

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The Language of Medicine

Updated

2010-09-20T02:31:25Z

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