Suffix Flashcards
-ac
Pertaining to
-ad
Toward
-al
Pertaining to
-ar
Pertaining to
-desis
Binding
-e
Noun marker
-ectomy
Excision, removal
-emesis
Vomit
-form
Resembling, like
-genic
Beginning, originating, producing
-gram
Record
-graph
Instrument for recording
-graphy
Process of recording
-iasis
Condition, formation
-iatric
Pertaining to medical treatment
-iatry
Study or field of medicine
-ic
Pertaining to
-ical
Pertaining to
-ism
Condition
-ist
Specialist
-itis
Inflammation
-logist
Specialist in the study of
-logy
Study of
-lysis
Destruction, breaking down
-megaly
Enlargement
-meter
Instrument used to measure
-oma
Tumor
-ory
Pertaining to
-osis
Condition, disease
-pathy
Disease
-penia
Deficiency
-pexy
Surgical fixation
-phagia
Swallowing
-philia
Attraction
-phobia
Abnormal fear
-plasia
Development
-plasty
Molding, surgical repair
-plegia
Paralysis
-pnea
Breathing
-ptosis
Drooping, prolapse, falling