General Suffixes Flashcards
-cle
Small
-cyesis
Pregnancy
-cyte
Cell
-derma
Skin condition
-dipsia
Thirst
-esthesia
Feeling, sensation
-gen
That which produces
-genesis
Produces, generates
-genic
Producing
-globin
Protein
-globulin
Protein
-grávida
Pregnancy
-kinesia
Movement
-oid
Resembling
-ole
Small
-opia
Vision
-opsy
View of
-osmia
Sense of smell
-oxia
Oxygen
-para
To bear (offspring)
-partum
Childbirth
-pepsia
Digestion
-phagia
Eating, swallowing
-phasia
Speech
-phil
Attracted to
-phonia
Voice
-plasia
Formation of cells
-plasm
Formation
-pnea
Breathing
-poiesis
Formation
-porosis
Porous
-ptysis
Spitting up, coughing up
-therapy
Treatment
-thorax
Chest
-trophic
Development
-trophy
Development
-ule
Small
-al
Pertaining to
-algia
Pain
-ar
Pertaining to
-ary
Pertaining to
-cere
Protrusion 
-cyte
Cell
-eal
Pertaining to 
-ectomy
Surgical removal 
-emia
Blood condition 
-genesis
Produces, generates 
-gram
Record, picture
-graphy
Process of recording 
-ia
State 
-iasis
Abnormal condition
-ic
Pertaining to 
-ism
State of
-itis
Inflammation 
-lith
Stone
-logist
One who studies
-lysis
To destroy
-megaly
Enlarged
-meter
Instrument for measuring
-Oma
Tumor, mass
-ostomy
Surgical create an opening
-otomy
Cutting into
-ous
Pertaining to
-pathy
Disease
-pexy
Surgical fixation
-plasia
Formation of cells
-plasty
Surgical repair
-ptosis
Drooping
-rrhaphy
Suture