Turley: Medical Terminology Suffixes
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