Med Term; suffixes

-oma

tumor, mass, swelling

-cyte

cell

-osis

Condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)

-emia

blood condition

-al, -ic

pertaining to

-gram

record

-logy

process of study

-algia

pain

-ia

condition

-ectomy

excision, removal

-sis

state of, condition

-itis

inflammation

-globin

protein

-scope

Instrument with which to visually examine

-ist

specialist

-opsy

process of viewing

-scopy

Process of visually examining