Medical and Technical Terminology-chapter 1 suffixes
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 -al | pertaining to neural |
| -algia | pain arthralgia |
| -cyte | cell leukocyte |
| -ectomy | cutting out; removal, excision gastrectomy |
| -emia | blood condition leukemia |
| -globin | protein hemoglobin |
| -gram | record arthrogram |
| -ia | condition neuralgia |
| -ic | pertaining to gastric |
| -ism | condition, process hyperthyroidism |
| -itis | inflammation gastroenteritis |
| -logist | specialist in the study of neurologist |
| -logy | study of nephrology |
| -oma | tumor, mass hepatoma |
| -opsy | to view biopsy |
| -osis | abnormal condition nephrosis |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine gastroscope |
| -scopy | process of visual examination laparoscopy |
| -sis | state of prognosis |
| -tomy | process of cutting into; incision neurotomy |
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