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Neftali de la Cruz Emeterio

DN-19-10239

SUFFIXES, MEANING, TERMINOLOGY


SUFFIX MEANING TERMINOLOGY
-ac pertaining to Pertaining to... Cardiac:
PERTAINING TO
THE HEART.
-al Pertaining to... Neural: PERTAINING
TO THE NERVE
SYSTEM.
-algia Pain Arthralgia: PAIN IN
THE JOINTS
-cyte Cell Erythrocyte: red cells
-ectomy Excision, removal Nephrectomy: removal
kidney
-emia Blood condition Leukemia: white blood
condition
-genic Pertaining to, produced Carcinogenic:
by pertaining to the cancer
-globin Protein Hemoglobin: blood
protein
-gram Record, photograph Electroencepahalogram
: electricity record of the
heart
-ic, -ical Pertaining to Gastric: pertaining to
the stomach
-ion Process Excision: cut out the
process
Neurologic: science of
the nerves
-ist Specialist Gynecologist: specialist
the female system
-istis Inflammation Cystitis: inflammation
of the cells
-logy Process of study, Science Endocrinology: science
of… of the within secrets
glands
-oma Tumor, masss, swelling Hepatoma: tumor in the
liver
-opsy Process of viewing Biopsy: process of
viewing life
-osis Abnormal condition Nephrosis: kidney
(slight increase in disease
numbers when used with
blood.
Leucocytosis: high
white blood cell count
-pathy Disease, condition Enteropathy:
clinicopathological
condition by loss of
protein
Adenopathy: lymph
node disease
-scope Instrument to visually Endoscope: instrument
examine for visual of the internal
cavities or ducts of the
-end within human body

-scopy Process of visually Endoscopy: an


examining with an examination of the inside
endoscope of condition
-sis Stade of; condition Prognosis: judgment
that the doctor makes
about the course,
duration and cure of a
disease
-tomy Process of cutting, Osteotomy: incision
incision process of the bone
-y Process, condition Gastroenterology: Part
of medicine which deals
with disorders of the
stomach and intestines.

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