Chapter 10 - suffixes Flashcards
-al, -ar, -eal, -ial, -ic, -tic
pertaining to
-algesia
pain; sensitivity
-algia
pain
-asthenia
weakness
-cele
hernia; swelling; protrusion
-emic
pertaining to blood condition
-esthesia
feeling; sensation
-ferent
to carry
-glia
glue
-graphy
process of recording
-ia
condition
-ion
process; state; condition
-ist
specialist
-itis
inflammation
-lepsy
seizure
-leptic
to seize; take hold of
-logy
study of
-lysis
breakdown; separation; loosening
-lytic
pertaining to breakdown or destruction
-mania
obsessive preoccupation
-orexia
appetite
-osis
process; abnormal condition
-paresis
weakness
-pathy
disease
-phasia
speech
-phobia
fear
-plegia
paralysis
-rrhagic
pertaining to bursting forth (of blood)
-rrhaphy
suture
-sclerosis
hardening; thickening
-taxia
muscle coordination
-tomy
process of cutting; incision
-tropic
turning
-um, -us
structure; tissue; thing