3. Suffixes (reverse) Flashcards
One who
er
Blood condition
emia
condition
esis ia iasis ism osis y
Treatment
Medicine
iatry
Action
Process
ion
practitioner
ist
Small or little
ole
ula
ule
Singular noun
um
us
Pertaining to
ac / al / ar / ary / ic / ical / ous / ory / eal / ile / tic
Resembling
oid
Specialist
Ian / ician / ist / logist
Field of medicine
iatric
iatry
Surgical puncture
centesis
crushing
Breaking up
clasis
Surgical removal
ectomy
Record or picture
gram
Instrument used to record
graph
process of recording
graphy
Destruction
lysis
Instrument used to measure
meter
Process of measuring
metry
Surgical fixation
pexy
surgical repair
plasty
Suturing
rrhaphy
Instrument used to view
scope
Process of viewing with a scope
scopy
Surgical creation of an Opening
stomy
Incision into
tomy
Internal crushing
tripsy
Immature
-blast
Flow
Discharge
-rrhea
Enlargement
-megaly
Inflammation
-itis