All Suffixes Flashcards
-ac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-asthenia
without strength
-blast
immature cell
-cele
pouching or hernia
-cyesis
pregnancy
-dynia
pain
-eal
pertaining to
-ectasis
expansion or dilation
-ectomy
removal
-edema
swelling
-ema
condition
-emesis
vomiting
-emia
blood condition
-esthesia
sensation
-genic
origin or production
-gram
record
-graphy
recording process
-ia
condition of
-iasis
condition, formation of
-iatry
treatment
-ic
pertaining to
-icle
small
-ism
condition of
-itis
inflammation
-ium
tissue or structure
-lith
stone, calculus
-lysis
breaking down, dissolution
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargment
-metry
measuring process
-oid
resembling
-ole
small
-ology
study of
-oma
tumor
-opia
vision
-opsia
vision
-orexia
appetite
-ose
full or, pertaining to
-osis
abnormal condition
-osmia
smell
-ous
pertaining to
-paresis
partial paralysis
-pathy
disease
-penia
decrease
-pepsia
digestion
-phagia
swallowing
-phasia
speech
-philia
attraction for
-phobia
fear
-plasia
formation, development
-plasty
surgical repair, reconstruction
-plegia
paralysis, stroke
-pnea
breathing
-poiesis
formation, production
-rrhage
to burst forth
-rrhea
discharge
-sclerosis
hardness
-scopy
examination
-spasm
involuntary contraction
-stasis
stop or stand
-stomy
new opening
-tic
pertaining to
-tocia
childbirth, labor
-tomy
incision
-toxic
poison
-trophy
nutrition, growth
-tropia
to turn
-tropic
stimulate
-ula
small
-ule
small