-scopy means to see or visual examination, as in otoscopy (visual examination of the ear) or arthroscopy (visual exam of the interior of a joint).
-scopy is the combining form meaning visual examination.
-graphy is the medical terminology combining form meaning the process of recording.
-scopy is the medical terminology form meaning process of viewing within the body. Examples are colonoscopy and endoscopy.
Outside, outer, externaloutsideoutside
-sis indicates an action, process, state or condition.
the ending form is -otomy and the beginning of the word would be the part of the body being cut into. Example cholecystotomy and cholelithotomy are cutting into the gallbladder (usually to remove a gallstone).
-tom is the medical terminology combining form meaning to cut or incision. For instance, keratotomy is cutting the cornea, and computed tomography is the process of using a computer to make virtual cuts to visualize internal structures.
The combining form -static in medical terminology refers to something that is related to stopping or controlling a particular function or process. For example, bacteriostatic means preventing the growth of bacteria.
The medical terminology combining form "icto-" refers to a sudden attack or seizure, typically used in terms like "ictal" (related to a seizure) or "ictogenesis" (the process of seizure development).
The suffix "-age" can have six different meanings and it is from the Latin -aticum, meaning belong to, related to:1. act, condition, or result ofEX: marriage, cleavage, usage2. amount or number ofEX: acreage3. cost ofEX: postage4. place ofEX: steerage5. collection ofEX: peerage, rootage6. home ofEX: hermitage.
Process of visually examining with an endoscopevisual examinationThe suffix -scopy means viewing; seeing; observation.Direct observation
Definition: suffix (-osis) - affected with, condition, abnormal process.Disease. For example, nephrosis means kidney disease.denotes a process or conditionIt just means condition of. So fibrosis is a condition of being fibrotic etc.
Angio- is the medical terminology combining form that refers to blood vessels. Examples of this combining form include angiography (the process of making a visual record of the blood vessels).