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Chapter 1 - Suffixes
Medical Terminology - The Language of Medicine
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Nursing
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01/13/2011

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Term
-ac
Definition
pertaining to
Term
-al
Definition
pertaining to
Term
-algia
Definition
pain
Term
-cyte
Definition
cell
Term
-ectomy
Definition
excision, removal
Term
-emia
Definition
blood condition
Term
-genic
Definition
pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
Term
-globin
Definition
protein
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-gram
Definition
record
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-ic, -ical
Definition
pertaining to
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-ion
Definition
process
Term
-ist
Definition
specialist
Term
-itis
Definition
inflammation
Term
-logy
Definition
process of study
Term
-oma
Definition
tumor, mass, swelling
Term
-opsy
Definition
process of viewing
Term
-osis
Definition
condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)
Term
-pathy
Definition
disease condition
Term
-scope
Definition
instrument to visually examine
Term
-scopy
Definition
process of visually examining with an endoscope
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-sis
Definition
state of; condition
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-tomy
Definition
process of cutting, incision
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-y
Definition
process, condition
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