-ism
Suffix Medical Terminology
Condition or state.
Example: hyperthyroidism (excess thyroid hormone)
Related terms
- -graph, -graphyProcess of recording or making an image; -graph can also name the recording instrument.
- -iaCondition.
- -iasisCondition or formation of, often abnormal.
- -iatry, -iatristMedical treatment (-iatry) or the specialist who provides it (-iatrist).
- -itisInflammation.
- -iumStructure or tissue.
- -logistSpecialist in the study and treatment of a body part or disease.
- -logyStudy of.
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