Suffix Flashcards
-able
able to capable of
-aemia
blood
-aesthesia
sensibility, sense-perception
-agra
attack, sudden severe pain
-al
characterised, pertaining to
-algia
pain
-an
belonging to, pertaining to
-ase
catalyst, enzyme, ferment
-asis
state of
-blast
cell
-caval
pertaining to venae cavae
-cele
tumour, swelling
-centesis
to puncture
-cide
destructive, killing
-coccus
spherical cell
-clysis
infusion, injection
-cule
little
-cyte
cell
-derm
skin-
-desis
to bind together
-dynia
pain
-ectasis
dilation, extension
-ectomy
removal of
-facient
making
-form
having the form of
-fuge
expelling
-genesis
formatin, origin
-genetic
formatio, origin
-genic
capable of causing
-gogue
increasing flow
-gram
a tracing
-graph
description, treatise, writing
-iasis
condition of, state
-iatric
practice of healing
-itis
inflammation of
-kinesis
motion
-kinetic
motion
-lith
calculus, tone
-lithiasis
presence of stones
-logy
science of, study of
-lysis
break down of cells, disintegration
-lytic
break down of cells, disintegration (refers to lysis or a lysin)
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-meter
measure
-morph
form
-ogen
precursor
-odynia
pain
-oid
likeness, resemblance
-ol
alcohol
-ology
the study of
-oma
tumour
-opia
eye
-opsy
looking
-ose
sugar
-osis
condition, disease, excess
-ostomy
to form an opening or outlet
-ous
like, having the nature
-pathy
disease
-penia
lack of
-pexy
fixation
-phage
ingesting
-phagia
swallowing
-phasia
-speech
-philia
affinity for, loving
-phobia
fear
-phylaxis
protection
-plasty
reconstructive surgery
-plegia
paralysis
-pneoa
breathing
-rhage
to burst forth
-poiesis
making
-rhaphy
suturing
-rheoa
excessive discharge
-rhythmia
rhythm
-saccharide
basic carbohydrate molecule
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-scopy
to examine visually
-somatic
pertaining to the body
-somy
pertaining to chromosomes
-sonic
sound
-stasis
stagnation, cessation of movement
-sthenia
strength outlet
-taxia
arrangement, coordination, order
-taxis
arrangement, coordination, order
-taxy
arrangement, coordination, order
-tome
cutting instrument
-tomy
incision of
-trophy
nourish, nourishment, growth (also turning?)
-uria
urine