All of the freakin suffixes Appendix 6) Flashcards
-ac
pertaining to
-agogue
promoter, stimulator
-al
pertaining to
-algesia
pain
-algia
pain
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-ase
enzyme
-blast
immature cell, productive cell, embryonic cell
-capnia
carbon dioxide (level of)
-cele
hernia, localized dilation
-centesis
puncture, tap
-clasis, -clasia
breaking
-cyte
cell
-desis
binding, fusion
-dilation, -dilatation
expansion, widening
-ectasia, -ectasis
dilation, dilatation, distention
-ectomy
excision, surgical removal
-edema
accumulation of fluid, swelling
-emia
condition of blood
-esthesia, -esthesi/o
sensation
-form
like, resembling
-gen, -genesis
origin, formation
-geusia
sense of taste
-gram
record of data
-graph
instrument for recording data
-graphy
act of recording data
-hemi
half, one side
-hemia
condition of blood
-ia
condition of
-ian
specialist
-ia/sis
condition of
-iatrics
medical specialty
-iatry
medical specialty
-ic
pertaining to
-ical
pertaining to
-ics
medical specialty
-ile
pertaining to
-ism
condition of
-ist
specialist
-itis
inflammation
-lalia
speech
-lepsy
seizure
-lexia
reading
-listhesis
slipping
-logy
study of
-lysis
separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction
-lytic
dissolving, reducing, loosening
-malacia
softening
-mania
excited state, obsession
-megaly
enlargement
-meter
instrument for measuring
-metry
measurement of
-mimetic
mimicking, simulating
-necrosis
death of tissue
-odynia
pain
-oid
like, resembling
-oma
tumor
-opia
eye, vision
-opsia
vision
-ory
pertaining to
-ose
sugar
-o/sis
condition of
-osmia
sense of smell
-ous
pertaining to
-oxia
oxygen (level of)
-paresis
partial paralysis, weakness
-pathy
disease, any disease of
-penia
decrease in, decrease of
-pexy
surgical fixation
-phasia
speech
-philic
attracting, absorbing
-phobia
fear
-phonia
voice
-plasia
formation, molding, development
-plasty
plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction
-plegia
paralysis
-pnea
breathing
-poiesis
formation, production
-ptosis
dropping, drooping, downward displacement, prolapse
-rhage, -rhagia
bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage
-rhaphy
surgical repair, suture
-rhea
flow, discharge
-rhexis
rupture
-schisis
fissure, splitting
-sclerosis
hardening
-scope
instrument for viewing or examining
-scopy
examination of
-sis
condition of
-some
body, small body
-spasm
sudden contraction, cramp
-stasis
suppression, stoppage
-spermia
condition of sperm
-stenosis
narrowing, constriction
-stomy
surgical creation of an opening
-tome
instrument for incising (cutting)
-tomy
incision, cutting
-toxin
poison
-tripsy
crushing
-tropic
act(ing) on, affect(ing)
-trophy, -trophia
feeding, growth, nourishment
-uresis
urination
-uria
condition of urine, urination
-y
condition of