Chapter 1 - Suffixes Flashcards
-ac
Pertaining to; for example, cardiac
-al
Pertaining to
Example: Neur-al = relating to a nerve of the nervous system
-algia
Pain
-cyte
Cell
-ectomy
Excision, removal
Example: nephr-ectomy = surgical removal of kidney
-emia
Blood condition
Example: Leuk-emia = condition of blood in which cancerous white blood cells proliferate (increase in numbers)
-genic
Pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in.
For example, carcinogenic.
-globlin
Protein
-gram
Record
-ic, -ical
Pertaining to
Example: gastric = of the stomach. Pertaining to stomach.
-ion
Process
For example: excis-ion = process of removing
-ist
Specialist. Ophthalmologist
-itis
Inflammation
-logy
Process of study
-oma
Tumor, mass, swelling
For example: hepatoma = malignant tumor of the liver
-opsy
Process of viewing; for example, biopsy
-osis
Condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells). For example: leukocytosis - slight increase in WBCs
-pathy
Disease condition
For example: entero-pathy = a disease of the intestine, especially the small intestine
-scope
Instrument to visually examine
-scopy
Process of visually examining. For example, endoscopy
-sis
State of; condition
For example: progno-sis = likely course/outcome of a disease
-tomy
- Process of cutting, incision
- For example: osteo-tomy = a surgical operation whereby a bone is cut to shorten or lengthen it or to change its alignment.
-y
Process, condition
For example: gastroenterolog-y = the study of digestive system or GI tract
