Terminations Flashcards
-algia
pain (in)
-cele
protrusion (from an organ or structure)
protrusion filled with (a substance)
-ectome
instrument used to excise
-ectomy
excision; surgical removal
-gram
record
-graph
instrument used to record
-graphy
process of recording
-logist
specialist in the study (of a subject)
-logical
pertaining to a study (of a subject)
-logy
study (of a subject)
-megaly
enlargement (of an organ or structure)
-meter
instrument used to measure
-metry
measurement
-ostomy
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)
-pathic
pertaining to disease; diseased
-pathy
disease
-plasty
surgical repair
-scope
instrument used to make visual examination
-scopy
visual examination
-tome
instrument used to cut (into)
-tomy
incision
