Chapter 2 Flashcards
-centesis
surgical puncture
-clasis
surgical fracture
-desis
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
-ectomy
excision, removal
-lysis
separation, destruction, loosening
-pexy
fixation (of an organ)
-plasty
surgical repair
-rrhaphy
suture
-stomy
forming an opening (mouth)
-tome
instrument to cut
-tomy
incision
-tripsy
crushing
-gram
record, writing
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-meter
instrument for measuring
-metry
act of measuring
-scope
instrument for examining
-scopy
visual examination
-algia
pain
-dynia
pain
-cele
hernia, swelling
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
-edema
swelling
-emesis
vomiting
-emia
blood condition
-gen
forming, producing, origin
-logy
study of
-genesis
forming, producing, origin
-iasis
abnormal condition (produced by something specified)
-itis
inflammation
-lith
stone, calculus
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor
-osis
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
-pathy
disease
-penia
decrease, deficiency
-phagia
eating, swallowing
-phasia
speech
-phobia
fear
-plasia
formation, growth
-plasm
formation, growth
-plegia
paralysis
-ptosis
prolapse, downward displacement
-rrhage
bursting forth (of)
-rrhagia
bursting forth (of)
-rrhea
discharge, flow
-rrhexis
rupture
-sclerosis
abnormal condition of hardening
-spasm
involuntary contraction, twitching
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
-toxic
poison
-trophy
nourishment, development
-ac
pertaining to (adjective)
-al
pertaining to (adjective)
-ar
pertaining to (adjective)
-ary
pertaining to (adjective)
-eal
pertaining to (adjective)
-ic
pertaining to (adjective)
-ical
pertaining to (adjective)
-ile
pertaining to (adjective)
-ior
pertaining to (adjective)
-ous
pertaining to (adjective)
-tic
pertaining to (adjective)
-esis
condition
-ia
condition
-ism
condition
-iatry
medicine, treatment
-ician
specialist
-ist
specialist
mening/o
meninges
-y
condition, process
-icle
small, minute
-ole
small, minute
-ule
small, minute
mast/o
breast
thromb/o
blood clot
rhin/o
nose
my/o
muscle
trache/o
trachea
lith/o
stone, calculus
cardi/o
heart
angi/o
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
pelv/i
pelvis
oste/o
bone
electr/o
electricity
endo-
in, within
neur/o
nerve
ot/o
ear
hepat/o
liver
lymph/o
lymph
hyper-
excessive, above normal
an-
without, not (vowel)
carcin/o
cancer
dys-
bad, painful, difficult
encephal/o
brain
enter/o
intestine
hem/o
blood
erythr/o
red
a-
without, not (consonant)
cyan/o
blue
chondr/o
cartilage
neo-
new
hemi-
one half
blephar/o
eyelid
men/o
menses, menstruation
dia-
through, across
hepat/o
liver
arteri/o
artery
di-
double
path/o
disease
Types of Suffixes
1) surgical
2) diagnostic, pathological, and related
3) grammatical and diminutive
4) singular and plural
Purpose of Suffixes
usually an indication of a pathology, condition, symptom, therapeutic or diagnostic procedure, or part of speech