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Medical Terminology
01 Useful Prefixes and Suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
11/17/2009
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Term
-itis
 Definition
= inflammation
Term
-osis
 Definition
= abnormal condition
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
= to cut out (remove)
Term
-otomy
 Definition
= to cut into
Term
-ostomy
 Definition
= to make a "mouth"
Term
a/an
 Definition
= without, none
Term
micro
 Definition
= small
Term
macro
 Definition
= large
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mega/ -megaly
 Definition
= enlarged
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-scopy/ -scopic
 Definition
= to look, observe
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-graphy/ -graph
 Definition
= recording an image
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-gram
 Definition
= the image (X-ray)
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-ology/ -ologist
 Definition
= study, specialize in
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