Chapters 1-3 Suffixes Flashcards
Wasting away
-phthisis
Of the mind
-phrenia
Attraction, affinity for
-philia
Deficiency, small, fewer
-penia
Abnormal condition / disease process
-pathy
Slight paralysis, feeling of numbness and tingling
-paresis
Condition, state, process
-osis
Vision
-opia , -opsia
Tumor, neoplasm
-oma
Enlargement
-megaly
Obsession, madness
-mania
Presence of stones
-lithiasis
Pertaining to seizures
-leptic
Seizures
-lepsy
Inflammation
-itis
Condition/disease
-ism
Pathological condition or state / presence of
-iasis
Vomiting
-emesis
Condition
-ema
Swelling
-edema
Expansion , dilation
-ectasia , -ectasis
Condition of cells
-cytosis
Hernia
-cele
Feeling , carrying
-phoria
Sound
-phonia
Fear
-phobia
Movement
-kinesia , -kinesis
Sensation
-esthesia
Pain
-dynia
Binding , fusion
-desis
Weakness
-asthenia
Pain
-algia
Pertaining to paralysis
-plegic
Protection , prevention
-phylaxis
Like, resembling
-oid
Study , practice
-logy
One who studies
-logist
Treatment, practice, body of knowledge
-ics
Pertaining to
-ic
In the shape of
-form
Break / fracture
-clast , -clasis
Toward
-ad
Use of an instrument for viewing
-scopy
Instrument for visual examination
-scope