-meter

Suffix Routine Blood Collections

Instrument for measuring.

Example: thermometer (instrument that measures temperature)

Sources

• Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean · MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine

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• -logyStudy of.
• -lysisBreaking down, destruction, or dissolving.
• -malaciaSoftening.
• -megalyEnlargement.
• -metryProcess of measuring.
• -oidResembling or like.
• -ole, -uleSmall.
• -omaTumor or mass.

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