Suffixes Flashcards
-ac, -al, -ic
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-ectomy
removal; excision
-gram
record
-ism, -ia
condition
-itis
inflammation
-ium
tissue; structure
-logy
study (process of)
-oma
tumor
-tomy
process of cutting
-emia
blood condition
-megaly
enlargement
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-pathy
disease
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-plasty
surgical repair
-rrhaphy
suture
-stomy
new opening (to form a mouth)
-genesis
forming; producing
-genic
produced by or in
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-ist
specialist
-meter
measure
-oid
resembing
-ole
small
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-scopy
visual examination
-globin
protein
-ion
process
-opsy
process of viewing
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
-sis
state of; condition
-y
process; condition
-phagia
process of eating