Chapter 3 Noun Suffixes Flashcards
-algia
pain
-cele
hernia
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-coccus (-cocci)
berry-shaped bacterium
-cyte
cell
-dynia
pain
-ectomy
excision, removal, resection
-emia
blood condition
-er
one who
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
-gram
record
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-ia
condition
-ist
specialist
-logy
study of
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation, loosening
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-ole
little, small
-oma
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
-opsy
to view
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
-pathy
disease condition
-penia
deficiency
-phobia
fear
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-plasty
surgical repair
-ptosis
drooping, falling, sagging
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-sclerosis
hardening
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-scopy
process of visual examination (with and endoscope)
-stasis
controlling, stopping
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
-therapy
treatment
-tomy
incision, cutting into
-trophy
development, nourishment
-ule
little, small
-um, -ium
structure, tissue
-us
structure, substance
-y
condition, process