Suffixes

-al

pretaining to
-algia

pain
-ar

pretaining to
-ary

pretaining to
-centesis

surgical puncture taking fluid out
-eal

pretaining to
-ectomy

exicision
-emia

blood condition
-gram

record
-graphy

process of record
-ia

condition
-ic

pretaining to
-itis

inflammation of
-lysis

seperation
-megaly

enlargement
-oma

tumor, mass
-osis

Abnormal condition
-pathy

disease condition
-plasty

surgical repair
-rrhage

burse forth of blood
-rrhagia

burst forth of blood
-sclerosis

hardening
-scopy

visual examination
-stomy

opening
-therapy

treatment
-tomy

incision
-uria

urine condition

Author

gmann86

ID

68605

Card Set

Suffixes

Description

ch 3

Updated

2011-02-24T07:37:29Z

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