Ch 1 Suffixes Flashcards
-logy
study of
-icle
small, tiny
-is
structure, thing
-ole
small, tiny
-ule
small, tiny
-um
structure, thing, membrane
-y
condition, process of
-ac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-eal
pertaining to
-ic
pertaining to
-ous
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-cele
herniation
-dynia
pain
-emia
blood condition
-ia
condition
-itis
inflammation
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor, mass
-osis
abnormal condition
-pathy
disease process
-ptosis
prolapse, drooping
-rrhage, -rrhagia
bursting forth
-rrhea
discharge, flow
-rrhexis
rupture
-sclerosis
abnormal condition of hardening
-spasm
spasm; sudden, involuntary contraction
-stenosis
abnormal condition of narrowing
-centesis
surgical puncture
-desis
binding
-ectomy
cutting out
-graphy
recording
-metry
measuring
-opsy
viewing
-pexy
suspension, fixation
-plasty
surgically forming
-rrhaphy
suturing
-scopy
viewing
-stomy
making a new opening
-tomy
cutting
-tripsy
crushing
-graph
instrument to record
-meter
instrument to measure
-scope
instrument to view
-tome
instrument to cut
-tripter
machine to crush
-trite
instrument to crush