Med. Term. Ch 1 - Suffixes

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -iac, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ior

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -iac, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ior

Pertaining to

-Algia

Pain

-cyte

Cell

-ectomy

Excision, removal

-emia

Blood condition

-gen

Substance that produces

-ia

Condition

-ine

A substance (noun) pertaining to (adjective)

-itis

Inflammation

-logist

One who studies

-logy

Study of

-megaly

Enlargement

-oma

Tumor

-osis

Process; abnormal condition

-pathy

Disease

-plasty

Surgical repair

-stomy

Surgical opening

-tomy

Process of cutting, incision

-um

Structure; tissue; thing