Chapter 3 - Noun Suffixes Flashcards
-cele
hernia
-algia
pain
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-coccus (singular)
berry shaped
-cocci (plural)
bacterium
-cyte
cell
-dynia
pain
-ectomy
excision,removal,resection
-emia
blood condition
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
-gram
record
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-itis
inflammation
-logy
study of
-lysis
breakdown,destruction,separation
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor,mass,collection of fluid
-opsy
to view
-iois
condition, usually abnormal
-pathy
disease condition
-penia
deficiency
-phobia
fear
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-plasty
surgical repair
-ptosis
dropping,falling, prolapse
-sclerosis
hardening
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-scopy
process of visual examination
-stasis
controlling, stopping
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
-therapy
treatment
-tomy
incision, cutting into
-trophy
development, nourishment
-er
one who
-ia
condition
-ist
specialist
-ole
little, small
-ule
little, small
-um, -ium
structure, tissue
-us
structure, substance
-y
condition, process
-ac, -iac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-eal
pertaining to
-genic
pertaining to, producing,produced by or in
-ic, -ical
pertaining to
-oid
-resembling, derived from
-ose
pertaining to,full of
-ous
pertaining to
-tic
pertaining to
-esis, -ia, -ism
condition
-iatry
medicine, treatment
-ician, -ist
specialist
-y
condition, process
-icle, -ole, -ule
small, minute