Suffix Flashcards
-algia, -odynia
pain
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary
pertaining to
-ad
toward
-asthenia
weakness
-atresia
closure
blast
growth or formation
-capnia
carbon dioxide
-cele
swelling or hernia
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-cision, -tomy, -section
process of cutting
-coccus (pl. cocci)
berry-shaped form of bacterium
-crine
secrete, secretion
-cyte
cell
-drome
that which runs or moves together in a specified way
-eal, -ial
pertaining to
-ectasis
stretching out (dilation)
-ectomy
removal, resection, exision
-emia
blood condition
-genic
producing or originating
-gram
record
-graph
instrument used to record
-ia
condition, disease
-iasis, -ation, -sis, -ism, -esis, -y
condition
-ic, -tic
pertaining to
-ictal
seizure, attack
-ine, -ior, -ous
pertaining to
-itis
inflammation
-lith
stone
-lysis
separation, breakdown, destruction
-mania
madness
-malacia
softening to tissue
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor (swelling)
-opia
vision (condition)
-opsy, -scopsy
process of viewing
-orrhaphy
suturing (reparing)
-orrhea, -rrhea
excessive discharge, flow
-orrhexis
rupture
-osis
abdominal condition
-oxia
oxygen
-para
to bear or give birth
-paresis
slight paralysis
-partum
birth
-pathy
disease
-penia
decrease or deficiency
-pepsia
digestion
-pexy
surgical fixation (suspension)
-phagia
eating, swallowing
-phobia
abnormal fear of
-phonia
sound or voice (condition)
-phoria
emotional state
-plegia
paralysis
-plasia
formation (especially of cells)
-plasm
a growth, a substance, a formation
-plasty
surgical repair
-pnea
breathing
-ptosis
prolapse (sagging)
-rrhagia
excessive flow or discharge
-salpinx
fallopian tube
-sarcoma
malignant tumor
-sclerosis
hardening
-scopy
process of visual examination
-soma
body, or part of a body
-spasm
involuntary contraction
-stasis
control, stop, standing
-stenosis
constriction
-stomy, -ostomy
artificial or surgical opening
-tention
pressure
-therapy
treatment
-thesis
place
-thymia
condition of the mind or will
-tripsy
surgical crushing
-trophy
nourishment, development
-uria
(pertaining to a) urine condition