Medical Suffixes Flashcards
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-a
A
a noun ending
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-ate
A
something that…
3
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-e
A
a noun ending
4
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-emia
A
blood condition
5
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-er
A
one who
6
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-esis
A
condition of
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-ia
A
condition
8
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-iatry
A
treatment, medicine, medical profession
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-ion
A
action, process
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-ism
A
condition
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-ist
A
practitioner
12
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-ole
A
small or little
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-osis
A
condition
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-tion
A
process of
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-ula
A
small, little
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-ule
A
“small one”
17
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-um
A
suffix that identifies singular nouns
18
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-us
A
suffix that identifies singular nouns
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-y
A
condition, process, noun ending
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-ac
A
pertaining to
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-al
A
pertaining to
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-ar
A
pertaining to
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-ary
A
pertaining to, relating to
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-eal
A
pertaining to
25
-ic
pertaining to
26
-ical
pertaining to (combo of -ic and -al)
27
-ile
pertaining to, capable
28
-oid
resembling
29
-ory
pertaining to, characterized by
30
-ous
pertaining to
31
-tic
pertaining to
32
-ician
specialist in a field of study
33
-iatrics
relating to medicine, physicians, or medical treatment
34
-iatry
medical treatment, medical profession
35
-iatrist
one who treats; a physician
36
-ian
specialist in a field of study
37
-ist
practitioner
38
-logist
one who specializes in the study of
39
-logy
the study of
40
-centesis
surgical puncture
41
-clasis
crushing or breaking up
42
-desis
binding or surgical fusion
43
-ectomy
surgical removal of
44
-ize
to make, to treat or combine with
45
-gram
record or picture
46
-graph
an instrument used to record
47
-graphy
process of recording
48
-lysis
destruction or detachment
49
-meter
an instrument used to measure
50
-metry
the process of measuring
51
-pexy
surgical fixation
52
-plasty
surgical repair
53
-rrhaphy
suturing
54
-scope
an instrument used to view
55
-scopy
the process of viewing with a scope
56
-stomy
the surgical creation of a new opening
57
-tomy
incision into
58
-tripsy
intentional crushing
59
-ad
toward
60
-algesia
sensitivity to pain
61
-algia
pain
62
-blast
immature, embryonic
63
-cele
herniation, swelling
64
-cide
to kill, to destroy
65
-cyte
cell
66
-dynia
pain
67
-ectasia
stretching or dilation
68
-ectasis
stretching or dilation
69
-genesis
stretching or dilation
70
-itis
inflammation
71
-lepsy
seizure, attack
72
-lith
stone
73
-lithiasis
presence or formation of stones
74
-mania
a mental disorder; a “madness”
75
-megaly
enlargement
76
-oma
tumor
77
-opia
visual condition
78
-opsia
visual condition
79
-opsy
process of viewing
80
-pathy
disease
81
-penia
decrease in; deficiency
82
-phillia
attraction to
83
-phobia
abnormal fear
84
-plegia
paralysis
85
-pnea
breathing
86
-ptosis
drooping or prolapse
87
-rrhagia
excessive flow or discharge
88
-rrhea
discharge; flow
89
-rrhexis
rupture
90
-stasis
stopping or controlling
91
-uria
a characteristic of the urine
92
-gen
that which generates
93
-genic
pertaining to formation, producing
94
-gravida
pregnancy
95
-iasis
presence of an abnormal condition
96
-plasia
formation or development
