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Examples in Medicine in Greek Nomenclature - Medical terms and Greek suffixes accompanying

Examples in Medicine in Greek Nomenclature - Medical terms and Greek suffixes accompanying

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Suffixes

  1. -ectomy surgical removal of ("act of cutting out")
    1. vasectomy
  2. -tomy surgical operation on, surgical cutting of
    1. lobotomy
  3. -path one who suffers from a disease of, one who treats a disease
    1. psychopath
  4. -pathy disease of, treatment of disease of or by
    1. otopathy
  5. -mania madness about, passion for
    1. pyromania
  6. -maniac one having a madness or passion for
    1. nymphomaniac
  7. -phobia abnormal fear or hatred of
    1. arachnophobia
  8. -phobe one who fears or hates (abnormally)
    1. homophobe
  9. -emia condition of the blood, congestion of blood in
    1. septicemia
  10. -iasis diseased condition (often caused by parasites)
    1. hypochondriasis
  11. -itis inflammation of, inflammatory disease of
    1. colitis
  12. -ium part, lining or enveloping tissue, region
    1. Pericardium, myocardium
  13. -oma tumor of, swelling containing, tumor
    1. Carcinoma, sarcoma
  14. -osis diseased condition of, illness, act of, process of
    1. halitosis (mitosis)
  15. -rrh(o)ea abnormal discharge
    1. diarrhea
  16. -therapy treatment of or by
    1. Electrotherapy, psychotherapy
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