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UBC CLST301-Module 2 Biological Terminology I
Terminations
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Undergraduate 3
04/06/2011

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-algia
Definition
pain [usually followed by "in"]
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-cele
Definition
protrusion (of an organ or other structure); protrusion filled with (a substance)
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-ectome
Definition
instrument used to excise [i.e., to cut out]
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-ectomize
Definition
to excise
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-ectomy
Definition
excision
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-gram
Definition
record
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-graph
Definition
instrument used to record
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-graphy
Definition
act of recording
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-logist
Definition
a specialist in the study (of a subject)
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-logical
Definition
pertaining to the study (of a subject)
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-logy
Definition
study (of a subject)
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-megaly
Definition
enlargement
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-meter
Definition
instrument used to measure
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-metry
Definition
measurement (of an organ, structure, function, characteristic)
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-ostomy
Definition
creatubg a passage between (one organ) and (another organ); creating a passage between two segments of (one organ)
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-pathic
Definition
pertaining to disease; diseased
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-pathy
Definition
disease
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-plasty
Definition
surgical repair
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-scope
Definition
instrument used to make visual examination
[On rare occasion the instrument does not refer to visual examination but to examination by other means.]
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-scopy
Definition
visual examination
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-tome
Definition
instrument used to cut
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-tomy
Definition
cutting into; incision in
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