Chapter 3-Suffixes Flashcards
-cele
hernia
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
-coccus/-cocci
berry-shaped bacterium
-dynia
pain
-genesis
condition of, producing, forming
-graph
instrument for recording
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-penia
deficiency
-phobia
fear
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-plasty
surgical repair
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-sclerosis
hardening
-stasis
controlling, stopping
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
-therapy
treatment
-trophy
development, nourishment
-er
one who
-ia
condition
-oid
resembling, derived from
-ole, -ule
little, small
-um, -ium
structure, tissue
-us
structure, substance
-ar
pertaining to
tonsillar
-ary
pertaining to
pulmonary
-ous
pertaining to
mucous
-tic
pertaining to
necrotic