Med Term Chapter 1 Suffixes

-al and -ic mean:

• pertaining to

• pain and suffering

• disease

-algia means:

• pain and suffering

• study of

• specialist

-dynia means:

• pain

• red

• large

-ectomy means:

• surgical removal

• pertaining to

• abnormal softening

-graphy means:

• inflammation

• recording a picture

• large or enlargement

-itis means:

• inflammation

• pain and suffering

• the death of tissue

-malacia means:

• abnormal softening

• pain and suffering

• surgical removal

-megaly means:

• large or enlargement

• inflammation

• specialist

-necrosis means:

• the death of tissue

• specialist

-ologist

• specialist

• flow or discharge