Suffix Flashcards
-itis
inflammation
- ium
- um
structure, tissue
-ion
process
-phoria
to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
-physis
to grow
-pnea
breathing
-ose
pertaining to
-osis
(abnormal) condition
-ous
pertaining to
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
-phobia
fear
-poiesis
formation, production
-plasty
surgical repair
-partum
birth, labor
-plasm
formation, or structure
-pathy
disease condition
-penia
deficiency
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-rrhexis
rupture, (a more sudden break down)
-sclerosis
hardening
-scope
instrument to visually examine
-stasis
controlling, stopping
can be used along as separate term
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma); new opening
-scopy
process of visually examining
-somes
bodies
-sis
state of; condition
-tic
pertaining to
-trophy
development, nourishment
-tropic
changing
-type
picture, classification
-tomy
incision; process of cutting
-therapy
treatment
-uria
conditions related to urine
-us
structure, tissue
-ule
little, small
-y
process; condition
-fusion
coming together; to pour
-iac
pertaining to
-ic
pertaining to
-ior
pertaining to
-genesis
condition of producing, forming, formation
-genic
pertaining to producing; produced by; or produced in
-gen
substance that produces; giving rise to; producing
-graph
instrument for recording
- globin
- globulin
protein
-graphy
process of recording
-gram
record
-ar
pertaining to
-ac
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-blast
embryonic, immature cell
(a) -coccus
(b) -cocci
(a) . singular: berry-shaped bacterium
(b) . plural: berry-shaped bacteria
-crine
to secrete
-cele
hernia
-cyte
cell
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-drome
to run
-dynia
pain
-eal
pertaining to
-ectomy
excision; removal
- er
- or
one who
- ectasia
- ectasis
dilation (dilatation) or expansion of; widening
-emia
blood condition
-edema
swelling
-megaly
enlargement
-malacia
softening
-meter
to measure
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
can be used along as separate term
-logy
process of study
-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
-ist
specialist
-ism
process, condition
-ical
pertaining to
-ia
condition
-ole
little, small
-opsy
process of viewing
-oid
resembling, derived or originating from
-mission
to send
-oma
tumor
-oxia
oxygen
some type of enlargement (4)
- megaly (enlargement)
- edema (swelling)
- oma (tumor, mass; collection of fluid)
- cele (hernia)
“small” (4)
- cle
- ule
- olus
- ole
“pertaining to” (11)
- ac
- iac
- al
- ar
- ary
- eal
- ic
- ical
- ose
- ous
- tic
-ase
enzyme
-chezia
defecation, elimination of wates
-iasis
abnormal condition
-prandial
meal
-emesis
vomiting
[noun: an emetic]
(can be used along as separate term)
-pepsia
digestion
- phagia
- phage
eating, swallowing
-ptysis
spitting
- rrhage
- rrhagia
bursting forth (of blood)
-rrhaphy
structure
-spasm
involuntary contraction of muscles
can be used along as separate term
-stenosis
narrowing, tightening
can be used along as separate term
-tresia
opening
-poietin
substance that forms
-tripsy
crushing
-uria
urination; urine condition
-one
hormone
-pexy
fixation, put in place
-arche
beginning
-cyesis
pregnancy
-gravida
pregnant
-parous
bearing, bringing forth
-salpinx
fallopian (uterine) tube
-tocia
labor, birth
-version
act of terning
-algesia
excessive sensitivity to pain
-esthesia
felling, nervous sensation
-kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic
movement
-lepsy
seizure
-paresis
weakness
-phasia
speech
-plegia
paralysis (loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body)
-praxia
action
-sthenia
strength
-ema
condition
note: prefix ‘em-‘ means in
-osmia
smell
-sphyxia
pulse
-thorax
pleural cavity, chest
-apheresis
removal, a carrying away
-cytosis
abnormal condition of cells (increase in cells)
-lytic
pertaining to destruction
-philia
attraction for (an increase in cell numbers)
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
