Medical Terms CCMA

-itis

= inflammation

-osis

= abnormal condition

-ectomy

= to cut out (remove)

-otomy

= to cut into

-ostomy

= to make a
“mouth”

a/an

= without, none

micro

= small

macro

= large

mega/ -megaly

= enlarged

-scopy/ -scopic

= to look, observe

-gram

= the image (X-ray)

-graphy/ -graph

= recording
an image