Suffixes

-al, -ic

• pertaining to

• within

• against

• pain

-itis

• inflammation

• study

• treatment

• condition

-ectomy

• Surgical removal, excision

• study of

• inflammation

• pertaining to

-algia means (a)   ?

-algia

• pain

• inflammation

• study

• removal

-osis

• abnormal

  condition

• inflammation

• study

• treatment

-plasty

• surgical repair

• pain

• inflammation

• study

-scopy

• visual examination

• treatment

• inflammation

• removal

arthritis means?

• inflammation of the bones

• inflammation of the skin

• inflammation of the joints

• inflammation of the liver

select all that apply

-oma means?

• mass

• tumor

• bone

• disease