Terminations Flashcards
pain
-algia
-megaly
enlargement (of an organ or structure)
visual examination
-scopy
instrument used to measure
-meter
instrument used to make a visual examination
[On rare occasion the instrument does not refer to visual examination but to examination by other means.]
-scope
-scopy
visual examination
-algia
pain
-logical
pertaining to the study (of a subject)
pertaining to the study (of a subject)
-logical
enlargement (of an organ or structure)
-megaly
instrument used to cut (into)
-tome
protrusion (from an organ or other structure); protrusion filled with (a substance)
-cele
creation of a passage between (one organ or structure) and (another organ or structure); creation of a passage between two segments of (one organ or structure)
-ostomy
incision (in, or into)
-tomy
-logist
a specialist in the study (of a subject)
-scope
instrument used to make a visual examination
[On rare occasion the instrument does not refer to visual examination but to examination by other means.]
-ectomy
excision; surgical removal