Complete Prefixes/Suffixes Flashcards
-able
capable of
-ac
pertaining to
-acious
characterized by
-acusis
hearing
-ago
condition
-agogue
producer, leader
-agra
severe pain
-aise
comfort
-al
pertaining to
-algesia
pain sensitivity
-algia
pain
-an
characteristic of
-ancy
state of
-apheresis
separation, removal
-ar
pertaining to
-aria
connected with
-ary
pertaining to
-ase
enzyme
-assay
analyzing
-asthenia
weakness
-atresia
closure, occlusiong
-basia
walking
-blast
forming cell
-bulia
will
-boulia
will
-calculia
calculating
-calculus
stones
-capnia
carbon dioxide
-cataphasia
affirmation
-cathisia
sitting
-cele
herniation
-centesis
surgical puncture
-ceps
head
-chalasia
relaxation
-chezia, -chesia
defecation
-chroia
skin coloration
-cide
killing
-clasis, -clasia
breaking
-clast
destroying cell
-clonus
violent action
-clysis
irrigation, washing
-coccus
berry-shaped bacterium
-coimesis
sleeping
-coma
deep sleep
-crasia
mixture, temperament
-crit
separate
-cusis
hearing
-cyesis
pregnancy
-cytic
pertaining to cells
-cytosis
condition of cells
-dema
swelling (fluid)
-desis
surgical binding, union
-didymus
conjoined twin
-dilation
widening, stretching
-dote
what is given
-drome
running
-duct
opening
-dural
pertaining to the dura mater
-dynia
pain
-eal
pertaining to
-ectasis, -ectasia
dilation, expansion
-ectomy
surgical removal
-ectopy
displacement
-edema
swelling
-emesis
vomiting
-emia
blood condition
-emphraxis
stoppage, obstruction
-esis
condition
-esthesia
feeling
-eurysm
widening
-facient
to cause, to make happen
-ferent
carrying
-ferous
producing
-fic
making, producing
-fication
process of producing
-fida
split
-form
shape
-fuge
separating, expelling
-fusion
pour
-gen
producing
-gene
production, origin
-genesis
production
-genic
producing
-genous
producing
-geusia
taste
-globin
protein
-gnosia
knowledge
-gog, -gogue
make flow
-grade
step
-gram
written record
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-gravida
pregnant woman
-hexia
disease
-ia
abnormal condition
-ial
pertaining to
-ian
specialist
-iasis
condition
-iatrist
specialist
-ician
specialist
-iferous
bearing, producing
-ific
producing
-igo
attack, condition
-ile
capable of
-ine
pertaining to
-ion
action, process
-ior
pertaining to
-ism
condition
-ismus
spasm
-ist
specialist
-itis
inflammation
-ium
structure
-ive
tends to
-ize
to make, to treat
-kathisia
sitting
-kinesia, -kinesis
movement
-kinetic
movement
-labile
unstable, perishable
-lalia
speech, babble
-lapse
to slide, sag
-legia
reading
-lemma
confining membrane
-lepsy
seizure
-lexia
speech, word
-lipsis
omission, failure
-listhesis
slipping
-logist
specialist
-logue
word, speech, thought
-logy
study of
-lucent
light-admitting
-lysis
dissolution, breakdown
-lyst
agent that causes destruction
-malacia
softening
-mania
madness, obsession
-masesis
mastication (chewing)
-megaly
enlargement
-meter
instrument for measuring
-metrist
one who measures
-metry
process of measuring
-mimesis
imitation
-mission
to send
-mnesia
memory
-motor
movement
-necrosis
tissue death
-noia
mind, will
-oid
resembling
-ole
small
-ologist
one who studies
-ology
study of
-oma
tumor
-one
hormone
-opaque
obscure
-opia, -opsia
vision
-opsy
to view
-orexia
appetite
-ory
pertaining to
-ose
suffix denoting carbohydrate
-osis
condition
-osmia
smell, odor
-ostomy
surgical opening
-ostosis
condition of bone
-otia
ear condition
-otomy
surgical incision
-oxia
oxygen condition
-pagus
conjoined twins
-para
to give birth
-para, -parous
to bear, bring forth
-paresi
partial paralysis
-paresis
partial paralysis
-pareunia
sexual intercourse
-parous
having one or more children
-partum
childbirth
-pause
cessation
-pella
pelvis
-penia
deficiency
-pepsia
digestion
-petal
moving toward
-pexy
fixation
-phage
cell that eats
-phagia
eating
-phasia
speech