Chapter 2 Suffixes Flashcards
1
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-er, -ist
A
one who
2
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-iatrition
A
practitioner
3
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-logist
A
one who studies; specialist
4
Q
-ac, -al, -ic, -ical
A
pertaining to
5
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-logic, -logical
A
pertaining to the study of
6
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-iatrics, -iatry
A
medical profession or treatment
7
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-logy
A
study of science of
8
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
9
Q
crin/o
A
to secrete
10
Q
dermat/o
A
skin
11
Q
esthesi/o
A
feeling or sensation
12
Q
gastr/o, enter/o
A
stomach, intestines
13
Q
ger/a, ger/o, geront/o
A
elderly
14
Q
gynec/o
A
female
15
Q
immun/o
A
immune
16
Q
ne/o, nat/o
A
new, birth
17
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
18
Q
obster/o
A
midwife
19
Q
onc/o
A
tumor
20
Q
ophtham/o
A
eye
21
Q
orth/o
A
straight (bone)
22
Q
ot/o, laryng/o
A
ear, larynx
23
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path/o
A
disease
24
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ped/o
A
child
25
psych/o
mind
26
radi/o
radiation (or radius)
27
rheumat/o
rheumatism
28
rhin/o
nose
29
ur/o
urinary tract (urine)
30
-centesis
surgical puncture
31
-ectomy
excision, surgical removal
32
-lysis
loosening, freeing, destroying
33
-pexy
surgical fixation
34
-plasty
surgical repair
35
-rrhaphy
suture
36
-scopy
visual examination with instrument
37
-stomy
formation of an opening
38
-tome
instrument used for cutting
39
-tomy
incision
40
-tripsy
surgical crushing
41
aden/o
gland
42
angi/o
vessel
43
append/o, appendic/o
appendix
44
bi/o
life
45
blephar/o
eyelid
46
cerebr/o, encephal/o
brain
47
chir/o
hand
48
col/o
colon, large intestine
49
cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o
skin
50
faci/o
face
51
hepat/o
liver
52
mamm/o, mast/o
breast
53
muscul/o, my/o
muscle
54
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
55
oste/o
bone
56
pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o
lungs
57
tonsill/o
tonsils
58
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
59
vas/o
vessel
60
-algia, -dynia
pain
61
-cele
hernia
62
-ectasia, -ectasis
dilation, enlargement, stretching
63
-edema
swelling
64
-emesis
vomiting
65
-emia
condition of the blood
66
-ia, -iasis
condition
67
-itis
inflammation
68
-lith
stone, calculus
69
-malacia
soft, softening
70
-mania
excessive preoccupation
71
-megaly
enlargement
72
-oid
resembling
73
-oma
tumor
74
-osis
abnormal condition
75
-pathy
disease
76
-penia
deficiency
77
-phobia
abnormal fear
78
-ptosis
prolapse (sagging)
79
-rrhage, -rrhagia
excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
80
-rrhea
flow, discharge
81
-rrhexis
rupture
82
-spasm
twitching, cramp
83
-stasis
stopping, controlling
84
-able, -ible
capable of, able to
85
-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ive, -tic
pertaining to
86
-ase
enzyme
87
-eum, -ium
membrane
88
-ia, -ism
condition, theory
89
-iac
one who suffers
90
-opia
vision
91
-ose
sugar
92
-ous
pertaining to, characterized by
93
-y
state or condition
94
adip/o, lip/o
fat
95
amyl/o
starch
96
glyc/o
sugar
97
hemat/o
blood
98
lact/o
milk
99
lith/o
stone
100
micro-
small
101
muc/o
mucus
102
prote/o, protein/o
protein
103
pyr/o
fire
