Ch. 3 Suffixes Flashcards
Erythrocyte
Red blood cell
Thrombocyte
Clotting cell
Leukocyte
White blood cell
-tic
-out
-ose
-oil
-ic
-iCal
-eal
-ary
-ar
-ac
-iac
Pertaining to
-genic
Pertaining to producing/produced by or in
-oid
Resembling
-y
Condition/process
-us
Structure/substance
-um
-ium
Structure, tissue
-ule
Little, small
-trophy
Development/nourishment
-tomy
Incision/cutting into
-therapy
Treatment
-stomy
Opening to form a mouth (stoma)
-stasis
Controlling/stopping
-scopy
Process of visual examination
-scope
Instrument for visual examination
-sclerosis
Hardening
Rrhea
Flow/discharge
-ptosis
Drooping/falling/sagging
-plasty
Surgical repair
-plasia
Development/formation/growth
-phobia
Fear
-penia
Deficiency
-pathy
Disease condition
-osis
Condition/usually abnormal
-opsy
To view
-oma
Tumor/mass, collection of
-ole
Little, small
-megaly
Enlargement
-malacia
Softening
-lysis
Breakdown, destruction of, loosening
-logy
Study of
-itis
Inflammation
-ist
Specialist
-ia
Condition
-graphy
Process of recording
-graph
Instrument for recording