Turley: Medical Terminology Suffixes

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What suffixes mean "pertaining to"? (there are 8)

-ac. -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ine, -ive, -ous

What suffix means a process; being or having? (process)

-ation

suffix meaning a surgically created opening?

-stomy

suffix meaning treatment

-therapy

suffix meaning process of cutting or making an incision

-tomy

suffix meaning surgical removal?

-ectomy

suffix meaning a record or picture?

-gram

suffix meaning process of recording?

-graphy

what suffix means a condition, state, thing? (for diseases)

-ia

suffix meaning medical treatment

-iatry

suffix for knowledge, or practice

-ics

What suffix means an action; condition? (process)

-ion

what suffix means a process; disease from a specific cause? (for diseases)

-ism

suffix for one who specializes in

-ist

suffix meaning the inflammation of, injection of?

-itis

suffix for the study of

-logy

suffix meaning enlargement?

-megaly

suffix meaning process of measuring?

-metry

suffix meaning tumor or mass?

-oma

suffix meaning condition, abnormal condition, process?

-osis

suffix meaning disease?

-pathy

suffix meaning instrument used to examine

-scope

suffix meaning process of using an instument to examine

-scopy


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