| Term | Definition |
|---|
| -ac, -al, -ic | Pertaining to |
| -logic, -logical | Pertaining to |
| -iatrics | Medical profession or treatment |
| -iatry | Medical profession or treatment |
| -logy | Study or science of |
| -er | one who |
| -ist | one who |
| -iatrician | practioner |
| -logist | one who studies, specialist |
| chir/o | hand |
| col/o | colon, large intestine |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/a | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| faci/o | face |
| hepat/o | liver |
| mamm/o | breast |
| masto/o | breast |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| oste/o | bone |
| pulm/o | lung |
| pneum/o | lung |
| -stomy | formation of an opening |
| -tome | an instrument used for cutting |
| -tomy | incision (cutting into tissue) |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| aden/o | gland |
| angi/o | vessel |
| append/o | appendix |
| bi/o | life or living |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| encephal/o | brain |
| -logist | specialist |
| -iatrics | treatment or profession |
| -iatry | treatment or profession |
| Geriatrician | One who specializes in geriatrics |
| Neonatologist | Specializes in Newborns |
| Specializes in Newborns | Neonatologist |
| One who specializes in geriatrics | Geriatrician |
| Oto | ear |
| A physician specializing in intensive care | Intensivists |
| Intensivists | A physician specializing in intensive care |
| Epidemiologist | A physician studying occurance of disease in a population |
| A physician studyin occurance of disease in a population | Epidemiologist |
| -lysis | Process of freeing, destroying or loosening |
| -pexy | surgical fixation fastening in a fixed position |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhapy | suture |
| -scopy | visual exam with a lighted instrument |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea |
| vas/o | vessel |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia (protrusion of all or part of organ through cavity wall) |
| -ectasia | dilation, enlargement, stretching of a structure |
| -ectasis | dilation, enlargement, stretching of a structure |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | condition of the blood |
| -ia | condition |
| -iasis | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lith | stone or calculus |
| -malacia | soft, softening |
| -mania | excessive preoccupation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition (often abnormal condition) |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -ptosis | prolapse, sagging |
| -rrhage | excessive bleeding or hemorrhage |
| -rrhagia | excessive bleeding or hemorrhage |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | twitching, cramp |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -able | capable of, able to |
| -ible | capable of, able to |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -an | pertaining to |
| --ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -eum | membrane |
| -ium | membrane |
| -ia | condition or theory |
| -ism | condition or theory |
| -iac | one who suffers |
| -opia | vision |
| --ose | sugar |
| -ous | pertaining to or characterized by |
| -y | state or condition |
| amyl/o | starch |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| hemat/o | blood |
| lact/o | milk |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| micro- | small |
| muc/o | mucus |
| prote/o | protein |
| pyr/o | fire |
| dermal | pertaining to the skin |
| anesthesia | agent that produces loss of feeling |
| gastroenterology | study of diseases affecting the gastrointestinal tract |
| neoplasm | spontaneous new growth of tissue |
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