Suffixes Flashcards
-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ine, -ous, -tic
pertaining to
-ectomy
surgical removal
-pexy
suture to stabilize
-plasty
surgical repair
-stomy
surgically created opening
-tomy
cutting into
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas
-gram
record of
-graph
instrument that records
-graphy
procedure that records
-lysis
separation, breakdown
-scope
instrument to visually examine
-scopy
procedure to visually examine
-therapy
treatment
-rrhagia, -rrhage
bursting forth
rrhaphy
to suture
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
-algia, -dynia
pain
-ia
state, condition
-ion
action, process, state, condition
-itis
inflammation
-ive
performs, tends toward
-malacia
abnormal softening
-megaly
enlargement
-osis
abnormal condition
-pathy
disease
-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
-um
structure
-us
thing