Med Term Chapter 6 Suffixes

-ectomy

• surgical removal

• surgical repair

• surgical opening

• surgical cut/incision

-emic

• pertaining to a blood condition

• abnormal condition

• process, condition

• structure, tissue, thing

-gram

• record, image

• bacteria

• pertaining to breakdown, destruction

• process of recording

-graphy

• record, image

• bacteria

• pertaining to breakdown, destruction

• process of recording

-ia

• condition

• structure, tissue, thing

• pertaining to

• noun, suffix with no meaning

-in, -ine

• chemical, chemical compound, substance

• substance that promotes

• substance that produces

• pertaining to

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-4

NGSS.HS-PS1-5

-itis

• inflammation

• pain

• condition

• pressure

-ive

• substance that promotes

• substance that produces

• chemical, chemical compound, substance

• process, condition

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

NGSS.HS-PS1-5

-lytic

• pertaining to breakdown, destruction

• pertaining to a blood condition

• structure, tissue, thing

• a condition of growth or development

-meter

• measure

• record, image

• process of recording

• pressure