Suffix - chap 2 Flashcards
-ian
specialist in the field of study
-ist
specialist in the field of study
-iatrics
medical specialty
-iatry
medical specialty
-ics
medical specialty
-logy
study of
-graph
instrument for recording data
-graphy
act of recording data
-gram
a record of data
-meter
instrument for measuring
-metry
measurement of
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-scopy
process of visually examining
-esthesia
sensation
-algesia
pain
-osmia
sense of smell
-geusia
sense of taste
-emia
condition of blood
-hemia
condition of blood
-penia
decrease in
-poiesis
formation, production
-centesis
surgical puncture
-desis
fusion
-ectomy
excision
-pexy
surgical fixation
-plasty
surgical repair
-rhaphy
suture
-stomy
opening to the outside of the body
or
communication
-tome
incision
-tripsy
crushing
-lytic
dissolving reducing
-mimetic
simulating
-tropic
acting on
-phasia
speech
-lalia
speech
-lexia
reading
-plegia
paralysis
-paresis
partial paralysis
-lepsy
seizure
-phobia
irrational fear
-mania
excited state, obsession
-opsia
vision
-opia
vision
-pnea
breathing
-oxia
level of oxygen
-capnia
level of CO2
-phonia
voice
-ase
enzyme
-ose
sugar
-algia
pain
-algesia
pain
-cele
hernia, localized dilation
-clasis, -clasia
breaking
-itis
inflammation
-megaly
enlargement
-odynia
pain
-oma
tumor
-pathy
disease
-rhage -rhagia
bursting force, profuse flow
-rhea
flow, discharge
-rhexis
rupture
-schisis
splitting, fissure
-dilation
expansion
-ectasia
distention, dilation
-edema
swelling
-lysis
separation, destruction, dissolving, loosening
-malacia
softening
-necrosis
death of tissue
-ptosis
drooping
-sclerosis
hardening
-spasm
sudden, contraction
-stasis
stoppage, suppresion
-stenosis
narrowing, constriction
-toxin
poison
-lapse
fall
-mission
send
-mortem
death
-opsy
viewing
-para
bearing
-partum
birth
-pepsia
digestion
-phagia
eating
-phasia
speech
-pheresis
removal
-phil
attraction
-phoresis
carrying
-phoria
feeling
-phrenia
of the mind
-phylaxis
protection
-physis
growing
-plakia
plaque
-plasia
formation
-porosis
lessening in density
-stalsis
contraction
-somnia
sleep
-stat
agent to maintain a state
-tension
pressure
-therapy
treatment
-thesis
put, place
-tic
pertaining to
-um
structure
-uria
urine condition
-version
turning
-carcinoma
cancerous tumor of epithelial tissue
-sarcoma
cancerous tumor of fleshy tissue