HLTH 1981 Medical Terminology Final Exam
study guide key terms to know Thompson
Rivers University HLTH 1981 Medical Terminology Final Exam study guide key terms to know Thompson Rivers University
-ac - --pertaining to
-al - --pertaining to
-ar - --pertaining to
-ary - --pertaining to
-ic - --pertaining to
-ine - --pertaining to
-ive - --pertaining to
-ous - --pertaining to
-ation - --process; being or having
-ion - --action; condition
-lysis - --process of breaking down or destroying -ism - --process; disease from a specific cause
-ia - --condition; state; thing
-itis - --inflammation of; infection of
-megaly - --enlargement
-oma - --tumor; mass
-osis - --condition; abnormal condition; process
-pathy - --disease; suffering
-ectomy - --a surgical excision
-gram - --a record or picture
-graphy - --process of recording
-metry - --process of measuring
-scope - --instrument used to examine -scopy - --process of using an instrument to examine
-stomy - --surgically created opening
-therapy - --treatment
-tomy - --process of cutting or making an incision
-iatry - --medical treatment
-ist - --one who specializes in
-logy - --the study of
endo- - --innermost; within
epi- - --above; upon
inter- - --between
intra- - --within
peri- - --around
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