Suffix Flashcards
-cele
hernia (something that sticks out where it shouldn’t)
centesis
puncture
cide
killing
cyte
cell
desis
binding (by a disease process)
ectomy
Removal
emia
blood condition
genic
creating; giving rise to
gram
written, visual record
graph
instrument used to produce a visual record
graphy
procedure used to produce a visual record
ia
y
condition; disease; literally place
iasis
presence of
iatrics
iatry
medical science
iatrist
specialist in the practice of
icle
ole
ule
ula
diminuitive suffix; makes whatever is in front smaller
ise
ize
ending that makes a noun into a verb
ism
condition or procedure or belief
ist
specialist
itis
inflammation
ium
tissue or structure
lith
stone
logist
specialist in the study
logy
study of
lysis
lytic
breakdown, destruction
malacia
softening
megaly
enlargement
meter
instrument for measurement
oid
resembling
oma
tumor or swelling
osis
condition
pathy
disease
penia
deficiency; lack of
pexy
surgical fixation; binding by a surgical procedure
plasia
formation. development, growth
plasty
surgical reconstruction or reformation
ptosis
drooping
rrhage
rrhea
excessive flow
rrhaphy
surgical formation of a seam; suturing
rrhexis
rupture
scope
instrument for visualizing something
spasm
involuntary contraction
stomy
creation of an opening
tion
word ending that makes a noun into a verb
tomy
cut;incision
us
condition
-ase
Word ending for enzymes
-blast
Rapidly dividing cell
-cyte
Cell
-elle
Diminutive suffix
-icle
-iculum
Diminutive suffix
-ion
Diminutive suffix
-ole
-ule
Diminutive suffix
-ula
-ular
-ulum
Diminutive suffix
-gen
-genic
-genesis
-genous
Creation or creating; giving rise too
-ic
Referring too
-id
-ide
-tide
Word ending for many chemicals
-in
-ein
-globulin
Word endings for proteins
-ine
Commonly used to indicate an amino acid
-ium
Tissue or structure
-lysis
Breakdown; destruction
-oid
Resembling
-ol
Commonly used to indicate an alcohol
-olus
Smaller
-oma
Tumor or swelling
-ose
Commonly used to indicate a sugar
-osis
Process
-ote
Type of cell
-penia
Deficiency; lack of
-Poiesis
Process of creation
-some
Body