Appendix 6: Suffixes Flashcards
-ac
pertaining to
-agogue
promotor, 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, -dilitation
action of opening or widening
-ectasia , -ectasis
dilation, dilatation, distension
-ectomy
excision, surgical removal
-edema
accumulation of fluid, swelling
-emia
condition of blood
-esthesia, -esthesi/o
sensation, feeling
-form
like, resembling
-gen, -genesis
origin, formation
-geusia
sense of taste
-gram
record of data
-graph
instrument of 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