Ch 1 - Suffixes Flashcards
-ac
pertaining to
ex. cardiac
-al
pertaining to
ex. neural
-algia
pain
ex. arthralgia
-cyte
cell
ex. erythrocyte
-ectomy
excision, removal
ex. nephrectomy
-emia
blood condition
ex. leukemia
-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
ex. carcinogenic
-globin
protein
ex. hemoglobin
-gram
record
ex. electroencephalogram
-ic, -ical
pertaining to
ex. gastric
-ion
process
ex. excision
-ist
specialist
ex. ophthalmologist
-itis
inflammation
ex. cystitis
-logy
process of study
ex. endocrinology
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
ex. hepatoma
-opsy
process of viewing
ex. biopsy
-osis
condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)
ex. nephrosis
-pathy
disease condition
ex. enteropathy
-scope
instrument to visually examine
ex. endoscope
-scopy
process of visually examining
ex. endoscopy
-sis
state of; condition
ex. prognosis
-tomy
process of cutting, incision
ex. osteotomy
-y
process, condition
ex. gastroenterology
