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For my medical Terminology class
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Undergraduate 3
09/21/2013

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Term
ac
Definition
pertaining to
Term
-al
Definition
pertaining to
Term
-ary
Definition
pertaining to
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-ar
Definition
pertaining to
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-eal
Definition
pertaining to
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-ic
Definition
pertaining to
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-ine
Definition
pertaining to
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-ive
Definition
pertaining to
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-ous
Definition
pertaining to
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-ation
Definition
a process; being or having
Term
-ectomy
Definition
surgical excision
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-gram
Definition
record or picture
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-graphy
Definition
process of recording
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-ia
Definition
condition, state, thing
Term
-iatry
Definition
medical treatment
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-ion
Definition
action condition
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-ism
Definition
process; disease from a specific cause
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-ist
Definition
one who specializes in
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-itis
Definition
inflammation or infection of
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-logy
Definition
the study of
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-lysis
Definition
the process of breaking down or destroying
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-megaly
Definition
enlargment
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-metry
Definition
process of measuring
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-oma
Definition
tumor, mass
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-osis
Definition
condtion, abnormal condition
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-pathy
Definition
disease, suffering
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-scope
Definition
instrument used to examine
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-scopy
Definition
the process of using an instrument to examine
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-stomy
Definition
surgically created opening
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-therapy
Definition
treatment
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-tomy
Definition
process of cutting or making an incision
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