Chapter 1 suffixes

-ac, -iac

pertaining to
-al, -eal

pertaining to
-algia

pain
-cyte

cell
-ectomy

removal, excision, resection
-emia

blood condition
-gen

producing, produced by
-gram

record, recording
-ic, -iac

pertaining to
-ion, -ation, -tion, -ization

process of
-ist

one who specialized
-itis

inflamation
-logy

study of
-oma

tumor, mass
-opsy

process of viewing
-pathy

disease process
-scope

instrument to view
-scopy

process of viewing
-tomy

incision, cutting
-y

condition, process of

Author

riveraii

ID

94148

Card Set

Chapter 1 suffixes

Description

Medical Terminalogy

Updated

2011-07-16T20:22:44Z