Chapter 6 Special Sensory Organs: Eye and Ear 245 Suffi xes Listed below are suffixes used in medical terms related to the special sen- sory organs. You have already learned many of these suffixes. Suffi x Meaning -al pertaining to -algia pain -ar pertaining to -ectomy surgical removal excision -gram record image -ia condition -ic pertaining to -itis infl ammation -logist specialist in the study of -logy study of -meter instrument used to measure -metry measurement -opia vision -osis abnormal condition -pexy surgical fi xation -plasty surgical repair -ptosis drooping downward displacement -rrhea discharge fl ow -rrhexis rupture -scope instrument used to observe -scopy process of observing -spasm involuntary muscle contraction -stomy new opening -tomy incision cut into
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