AP1 Common suffixes Flashcards
Abnormal cell condition (too many)
-cytosis
Artificial or surgical opening
-ostomy, -stomy, -tomy
Binding
-desis
Blood Condition
-emia
Breakdown, destruction, separation, loosening, dissolution
-lysis
Breathing
-pnea
cell
-cyte
Condition of
-esis, -ia, -iasis, -ism, -ity, -osis, -sis, -tion, -y
Cutting into
-otomy
Cutting out
-ectomy
Disease, emotion
-pathy
Drooping, prolapse, sagging, falling down
-ptosis
Enlargement
-megaly
Fear of
-phobia
Flow or discharge
-rrhea
Formation
-plasia
Growth or development
-trophy
Hardening
-sclerosis
Inflammation
-itis
Instrument used to examine
-scope
Instrument used to measure
-meter
Involuntary movement
-spasm
Lack of or deficiency
-penia
New opening
-stomy
Pain
-algia, -dynia
Paralysis, stroke, palsy
-plegia
Pertaining to
-ac, -ic, -al, -ous, -tic, -is, -ar, -ary, -ior, -eal
Process of measuring
-metry
Process of recording
-graphy
Process of visual examination
-scopy
Protein
-globin
Protrusion, hernia, tumor, swelling
-cele
Reconstruction or shaping
-plasty
Shape
-form
Skin
-derma
Softening
-malacia
Specialist
-ologist
Surgical fixation
-pexy, -pexis
Surgical puncture
-centesis
The study of a specific field
-ology
To burst forth, bursting forth
-rrhage
To form
-genesis, -genic
To suture or fixate
-rrhaphy
To swallow or to eat
-phagia
To use
-ate,- ize
To view
-opsy
To vomit
-emesis
To write, record, instrument for recording
-graph
Tumor, mass, fluid collection
-oma
Weight, mark, record
-gram