Medical Suffixes Flashcards
Pertaining to; one afflicted with. Example: cardiac.
-ac
Pertaining to. Example: abdominal – pertaining to the abdomen.
-al
Pain. Example myalgia – pain in the muscles.
-algia
Weakness. Example: myasthenia gravis – skeletal muscle weakness.
-asthenia
Indicates a process of viewing Example: fixation – a process of fixing broken bone, surgically with wires, screws, hardware, etc..
-ation
Poutine, hernia. Example: hydrocele – accumulation of fluid in a body cavity.
-cele
Surgical puncture for aspiration. Example: amniocentesis – medical procedure using a needle to aspire fluid from the amniotic sac for prenatal diagnosis.
-centesis
Break. Example: Osteoclast - A type of bone cell that breaks down bone tissue.
-clast
To secrete. Example: Endocrine - “Messenger System” that secrete hormones.
-crine
Binding. Example: Arthrodesis - Artificial binding of two bones surgically.
-desis
Pain.
-dynia
Surgical removal of something. Example: Appendectomy - removal of the appendix.
-ectomy
Vomiting condition. Example: Hematemesis - condition of vomiting blood.
-emesis
Blood condition. Example: Anemia - condition of lack of blood.
-emia
Condition, disease. Example: Dwarfism - condition of being exceptionally small.
-ism
