Suffixes Flashcards
ac
pertaining to
ar
pertaining to
agra
excessive pain
al
pertaining to
algia
pain
apheresis
removal
ary
pertaining to
ase
enzyme
asthenia
weakness
atresia
absence of a normal body opening
capnia
carbon dioxide
cele
hernia; protrusion
centesis
surgical puncture, to aspirate fluid
cidal
killing
clasia
break
clasis
break
clast
break
clysis
irrigating, washing
coccus; (pl. cocci)
berry-shaped
crine
separate; secrete
crit
to separate
cyte
cell
desis
fusion
drome
run; running
eal
pertaining to
ectasis
stretching out
ectomy
excision or surgical removal
ectopia
displacement
emesis
vomitting
emia
blood condition
er
one who
esis
condition
ial
pertaining to
iasis
condition
ic
pertaining to
gen
an agent that causes
genesis
origin; cause
genic
originating
gram
record; x-ray film
graph
instrument used to record
graphy
process of recording
ia
condition of abnormal state
iatry
treatment
ician
one who
ictal
attack
ism
state of
itis
inflammation
lepsy
seizure
lysis
loosening; separating
lytic
reduce
malacia
softening
mania
insane desire
megaly
enlargement
meter
measurement
metry
measurement
morph
form
odia
smell
odynia
pain
oid
resembling
ologist
refers to study and practice
ology
study of
oma
tumor; swelling
opia
vision (condition)
opsy
to view
oorhagia
rapid flow of blood
orrhaphy
suturing; repairing
orrhea
flow; excessive discharge
orrhexis
rupture
osis
abnormal condition
otomy
cut into
ous
pertaining to
oxia
oxygen
paresis
slight paralysis
pathy
disease
penia
reduction in number that is not expected
pepsia
digestion
pexy
surgical fixation
phagia
swallowing
philia
love
phily
love
phobia
fear of certain objects/things
phonia
sound or voice
phoria
feeling
physis
growth
plasia
forming of a growth
plasm
substance formation
plasty
plastic or surgical repair
plegia
paralysis
pnea
breathing
poiesis
formation
porosis
passage
prandial
meal
praxia
before
ptosis
sagging; prolapse
ptysis
spitting
salpinx
fallopian tube
sarcoma
malignant tumor
schisis
split
sclerosis
hardening
scope
an instrument for visual examination
scopy
visual examination
scopic
visual examination
sepsis
infection
sis
state of
spasm
sudden involuntary muscle contraction
stasis
control; stop
stalsis
contraction
stenosis
narrowing
thorax
chest
tocia
birth; labor
tome
cutting instrument
tripsy
surgical crushing
trophy
nourishment
ule
little
uria
urine; urination