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Chapter 1 Review: Suffixes

  1. -ac
    pertaining to
  2. -al
    pertaining to
  3. -algia
    pain
  4. -cyte
    cell
  5. -ectomy
    removal, excision
  6. -emia
    blood condition
  7. -genic
    produced by, or in
  8. -globin
    Protein
  9. -gram
    record
  10. -ic, -ical
    pertaining to
  11. -ion
    process
  12. -ist
    specialist
  13. -itis
    inflammation
  14. -logy
    process of study
  15. -oma
    tumor, mass, swelling
  16. -opsy
    process of viewing
  17. -osis
    condition, unually abnormal
  18. -pathy
    disease, condition
  19. -scope
    instrument to visually examine
  20. -scopy
    process of visually examining
  21. -sis
    state of, condition
  22. -tomy
    process of cutting, incision
  23. -y
    condition, process
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Chapter 1 Review: Suffixes
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Davi-Ellen Chabner The Language Of Medicine 11th Edition
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