Chapter 3: Suffixes Flashcards
-algia
Pain
-cele
Hernia
-centesis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid
-coccus
Berry shaped bacterium
-cyte
Cell
-dynia
Pain
-ectomy
Excision, removal
-emia
Blood condition
-genesis
Condition of producing, forming
-gram
Record
-graph
Instrument for recording
-graphy
Process of recording
-logy
Study of
-lysis
Breakdown, destruction, separation
-malacia
Softening
-megaly
Enlargement
-oma
Tumor, mass, collection of fluid
-opsy
To view (under a microscope)
-osis
Condition, usually abnormal
-pathy
Disease condition
-penia
Deficiency
-phobia
Fear
-plasia
Development, formation, growth
-plasty
Surgical repair
-pyosis
Dropping, sagging, prolapse
-sclerosis
Hardening
-scope
Instrument for visual examination
-scopy
Process of visual examination
-stasis
Stopping, controlling
-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, -ary
Pertaining to
-eal
Pertaining to
-genic
Pertaining to producing, produced by or in
-ic, -ical
Pertaining to
-oid
Resembling
-ose
Pertaining to, full of
-ous
Pertaining to
-tic
Pertaining to