suffixes Flashcards
pain
-algia, -dynia
cell
-cyte
surgical removal; excision
-ectomy
vomiting
-emesis
producing; produced by
-genic
knowledge
-gnosis
record (written record or image)
-gram
instrument used to record
-graph
process of recording; process of producing images
-graphy
inflammation
-itis
study of
-logy
specialist; one who studies
-logist
softening
-malacia
enlargement
-megaly
mass; tumor
-oma
abnormal condition
-osis
disease
-pathy
fear
-phobia
surgical reconstruction
-p[lasty
drooping; sagging
-ptosis
spitting
-ptysis
bursting forth
-rrhage; -rrhagia
to suture; sew
-rrhaphy
flow; discharge
-rrhea
rupture
-rrhexis
hardening
-sclerosis
instrument used to view inside a body cavity or organ
-scope
the process of viewing inside a body cavity or organ
-scopy
sudden involuntary muscle contraction
-spasm
stable; stopping; controlling
-stasis
narrowing
-stenosis
surgical creation of a new opening
-stomy
to cut; incision
-tomy
growth; nourishment
-trophy
surgical puncture (as of a tumor or membrane)
-centesis
specialist in field of study
-ist, -ian, -ician
condition of
-ia, -ism, -sis
pertaining to
-ic, -ac, -al, -ary, -ous,-ary
breathing
-pnea
urine, urination
-uria
process
-ion
pertaining to
-al, -tic, -ic, -ar, -ous
to view
-opsy
development, formation
-plasia, -plasm
produced by
-genous
structure
-um
turning
-verso
condition, process
-y
death
-mortem
delivery, labor, childbirth
-partum
run
-drome