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Title: Describe what a suffix is and how it is used in medical terminology.
Post by: dominicklacasse on Nov 6, 2018
Describe what a suffix is and how it is used in medical terminology.


Title: Describe what a suffix is and how it is used in medical terminology.
Post by: amanda42898 on Nov 6, 2018

Found on the end of a medical term
All medical terms built from Latin or Greek word parts must have a suffix
Not associated with only one medical specialty or body system
Categories of suffixes
  • Indicating diseases or abnormal conditions
  • Indicating a surgical or diagnostic procedure
  • General suffixes
  • Indicating medical specialties or personnel
  • Convert word root into an adjective