Medical Suffixes Flashcards
What is a suffix?
A suffix is added to the end of the word.
What does the suffix -ac mean?
It means: pertaining to
What does the suffix -al mean?
It means: pertaining to
What does the suffix -ar mean?
It means: pertaining to
What does the suffix -ary mean
It means: pertaining to
What does the suffix -eal mean?
It means: pertaining to
What does the suffix -ent mean?
It means: pertaining to
What does the suffix -ic mean?
It means: pertaining to
What does the suffix -ine mean?
It means: pertaining to
What does the suffix -ous mean?
It means: pertaining to
What does the suffix -tic mean?
It means: pertaining to
What does the suffix -crine mean?
It means: secretion
What does the suffix -dipsia mean?
It means: thirst
What does the suffix -gen mean?
It means: to produce
What does the suffix -is mean?
It means: structure
What does the suffix -lapse mean?
It means: to fall, slide
What does the suffix -partum mean?
It means: birth
What does the suffix -phagia mean?
It means: to eat, swallow
What does the suffix -phasia mean?
It means: to speak
What does the suffix -plasm mean?
It means: formation
What does the suffix -stasis mean?
It means: to stand, place, stop, control
What does the suffix -tension mean?
It means: pressure
What does the suffix -trophy mean?
It means: nourishment, development
What does the suffix -um mean?
It means: structure, membrane
What does the suffix -algia mean?
It means: pain
What does the suffix -ation mean?
It means: process, condition
What does the suffix -cele mean?
It means: herniation
What does the suffix -emia mean?
It means: blood condition
What does the suffix -ia mean?
It means: diseased or abnormal condition
What does the suffix -ism mean?
It means: condition, process
What does the suffix -itis mean?
It means: inflammation
What does the suffix -lysis mean?
It means: loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction
What does the suffix -malacia mean?
It means: softening
What does the suffix -megaly mean?
It means: enlargement
What does the suffix -Oma mean?
It means: tumor, mass
What does the suffix -osis mean?
It means: Abnormal condition
What does the suffix -osis mean?
It means: Abnormal condition
What does the suffix -pathy mean?
It means: disease condition
What does the suffix -plegia mean?
It means: paralysis
What does the suffix -pnea mean?
It means: breathing
What does the suffix -rrhagia mean?
It means: rapid flow of blood
What does the suffix -rrhea mean?
It means: flow, discharge
What does the suffix -sclerosis mean?
It means: abnormal condition of hardening
What does the suffix -stenosis mean?
It means: abnormal condition of narrowing
What does the suffix -thesis mean?
It means: to put, place (state of placing or putting)
What does the suffix -uria mean?
It means: urine condition
What does the suffix -y mean?
It means: process of, condition
What does the suffix -graph mean?
It means: instrument to record
What does the suffix -gram mean?
It means: record or recording
What does the suffix -meter mean?
It means: instrument to measure
What does the suffix -scope mean?
It means: instrument to view
What does the suffix -icle mean?
It means: small or tiny structure
What does the suffix -ole mean?
It means: small or tiny structure
What does the suffix -ule mean?
It means: small or tiny structure
What does the suffix -cision mean?
It means: process of cutting
What does the suffix -centesis mean?
It means: surgical puncture and aspiration of fluid
What does the suffix -ectomy mean?
It means: surgical removal, excision, resection
What does the suffix -graphy mean?
It means: process of recording
What does the suffix -metry mean?
It means: process of measuring
What does the suffix -opsy mean?
It means: process of viewing
What does the suffix -pexy mean?
It means: surgical fixation
What does the suffix -plasty mean?
It means: surgical repair
What does the suffix -rrhaphy mean?
It means: suture repair
What does the suffix -scopic mean?
It means: pertaining to visual examination
What does the suffix -scopy mean?
It means: process of visual examination
What does the suffix -section mean?
It means: to cut
What does the suffix -stomy mean?
It means: surgical creation of artificial opening
What does the suffix -tomy mean?
It means: incision, cut into
What does the suffix -tripsy mean?
It means: crushing
What does the suffix -ist mean?
It means: One who specializes
What does the suffix -logist mean?
It means: one who specializes in the study of
What does the suffix -logy mean?
It means: study of
What does the suffix -ad mean?
It means: toward
