Suffixes Flashcards
-ac, -ic, -al, -ous, -tic
Related to or pertaining to
-algia, -dynia
Pain or discomfort
-arche
Beginning
-ate, -ize
Subject to, use
-cele
Protrusion (hernia)
-centesis
Surgical puncture to withdrawal or aspirate fluid
-cidal, -cide
Kill or destroy
-cle, -clue, -ule, -ulus
Small
-cyte
Cell
-desis
Surgical fusion or binding
-dynia
Pain
-ectasis, -ectasia
Stretching or dilation
-ectomy
Cutting out, surgical removal
-emesis
Vomit
-emia
Pressing to blood, blood condition
-ent, -er, -ist
Person agent
-esis, -ia, -iasis-ity-osis- sis -tion -y
State or condition of
-esis, - iasis
Condition
-form, - oid
Looking like, resembling, or shaped like
-gen
Agent that caused
-genesis
A beginning process, origin of
-genic
Produced by
-gram
A written record
-graph
Instrument used to record
-graphy
Process of recording