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-er, -ist
one who
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-iatrician
practitioner
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-iatrics, -iatry
medical profession or treatment
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-logist
one who studies; pecialist
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-logy
study or science of
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-logic, -logical
pertaining to the study of
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-ac, -al, -ic
“Pertaining to”
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-ical (= -ic + -al)
“Pertaining to”
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Suffixes: Surgical Procedures
-centesis -ectomy
-lysis -pexy
-plasty -rrhaphy (meaning suture)
-scopy -stomy
-tome -tomy
-tripsy