Suffix Flashcards
Combining vowel needed when
when the suffix begins with a consonant it is necessaty to use the combining vowel (o) to make the word.
Example Cephal + o + dynia =cephalodynia
work root + o + suffix
head pain
meaning - pain in the head
Combining vowel not needed
when the suffix begins with a vowel the word root attaches to the suffix without the aid of a combining vowel.
Example Cephal + algia
word root + suffix
head pain
meaning - pain in the head
When defining a medical term
Begin the definition by defining the suffix first, the prefix second, and the root(s) last.
-a noun
a is a noun ending
-ate noun
something that…
-e noun
e is a noun ending
-emia noun
blood codition
-er noun
one who
esis noun
condition of
-ia noun
condition (ia is a noun ending)
-iatry noun
medical treatment, medical profession
-ion noun
action, process
-ism noun
condition
-ist noun
practitioner
-ole noun
small or little
-osis noun
condition
-tion noun
process of
-ula noun
small, tille
-ule noun
“small one”
-um noun
a suffix that identifies singular nouns
-us noun
a suffix that identifies singular nouns
-y noun
condition; process (noun ending)
Changing from singular to plural
the ending of the word also changes.
Example - one crisis (singular) or you may have many crises (plural)
singular word ending in -a
change the a to ae to form the plural
