Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0104 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-logist: Specialist
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The idea
The suffix logist names the specialist who studies or treats what its root identifies.
In practice
A cardiologist is a physician specialising in the heart.
Where people slip
Logy is the field; logist is the person. The three added letters carry that whole difference.
Your place on the trail
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