1- Suffixes Flashcards
-ac
-al
-ar
-ary
-eal
-ic
-ous
-tic
pertaining to
-algia
-dynia
pain
-cele
hernia (something that sticks out where it shouldn’t)
-centesis
puncture
-cide
killing
-cyte
cell
-desis
binding (by a disease process)
-ectomy
removal (notice ec- in prefixes list means “out of” and -tomy in this list means “cutting” so “cutting out of”)
-emia
blood condition
-genic
creating; giving rise to
-gram
written, visual record
-graph
instrument used to produce a visual record
-graphy
procedure used to produce a visual record
-ia
-y
condition; disease; literally, “place” (Bulgaria is the place of the Bulgars; Arabia is the place of the Arabs; Germany is the place of the Germans; etc.)
-iasis
presence of
-iatrics
-iatry
medical science
-iatrist
specialist in the practice of
-icle
-ole
-ule
-ula
diminutive suffix; it makes whatever is in front of it smaller (icicle)
-ise
-ize
ending that makes a noun into a verb (e.g., strategy vs strategize)
-ism
condition or procedure or belief
-ist
specialist
-itis
inflammation
-ium
tissue or structure
-lith
ston
-logist
specialist in the study of
-logy
study of
-lysis, -lytic
breakdown; destruction
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-meter
instrument for measurement
-metry
the process of using an instrument for measurement
-oid
resembling
-oma
tumor or swelling
-osis
condition
-pathy
disease
-penia
deficiency; lack of
-pexy
surgical fixation; binding by a surgical procedure (compare -desis)
-plasia
formation, development, growth
-plasty
surgical reconstruction or reformation
-ptosis
drooping
-rrhage
-rrhea
excessive flow
-rraphy
surgical formation of a seam; suturing
-rrehxis
rupture
-scope
instrument for visualizing something
-scopy
process of using an instrument to visualize something
-spasm
involuntary contraction
-stomy
creation of an opening (see stoma = “mouth”)
-tion
word ending that makes a noun into a process (form vs formation)
-tomy
cut; incision
-us
condition
