Suffixes! Flashcards
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Pertaining to
-al, -ac, -ic
Pain
-algia
Fit, Fasten
-aps, -apt
Beginning, Origin
-arche
Signifies an Enzyme
-ase
Sprout, Make
-blast
A Piercing
-centesis
To Kill
-cide
Break, Destroy
-clast
Release, Secrete
-crine
A Cutting Out
-ectomy
Refers to Blood Condition
-emia
Vomiting
-emesis
Creates, Forms
-gen
Creation, Production
-genesis
Something Written (itself)
-gram
To Write, Draw (device)
-graph
To Write, Draw (process)
-graphy
Conatining water
-hydrate
Condition, Process
-ia, -sia, -osis
Abnormal Condition
-iasis
Signifies a protein
-in
Signifies “Condition of”
-ism
Signifies “Inflammation of”
-itis
Rind, Covering
-lemma
Seizure
-lepsy
Stone, Rock
-lith
Study of
-logy
Moon, Moonlike
-lunar
Softening
-malacia
Enlargement
-megaly
Measurement, Length
-metric, -metry
Like, in Shape of
–oid
Tumor
-oma
Vision, Vision Condition
-opia
Signifies a Carbohydrate
-ose
Viewing
-oscopy
Formation of an Opening
-ostomy
Cut
-otomy
Loving
-philic
Lack
-penia
Fearing
-phobic
Partition
-phragm
Growth, Formation
-plastia
Substance, Matter
-plasm
Shape, Make
-plasty
Paralysis
-plegia
Breath, Breathing
-pnea
Breaking out, Discharge
-(r)rhage, -(r)rhagia
Sew, Suture
-(r)rhaphy
Flow
-(r)rhea, -flux
Body
-some
Pressure
-tensin, -tension, -tonic
Crushing
-tripsy
Small, Little
-ule
Refers to Urine Condition
-uria