Suffixes Flashcards
Al
Pertaining to
Ac
Pertaining to
Algia
Pain
Ar
Pertaining to
Ary
Pertaining to
Blast
Embryonic
Cele
Hernia
Centesis
Surgical puncture
Clysis
Irrigation, washing
Coccus
Berry shaped
Crit
To separate
Drome
To run
Ectasis
Stretching, dilation
Ectomy
To excise
Er
One who
Fusion
To pour
Genesis
Condition or producing
Grade
To go
Gram
Record
Graph
Instrument for recording
Graphy
Process of recording
ia
Condition, process
ic
Pertaining to
ist
One who specializes in
itis
Inflammation
Logy
Process of studying
Lysis
To break
Malacia
Softening
Megaly
Enlargement
Meter
To measure
Odynia
Pain
Oid
Pertaining to
Ole
Little
Oma
Tumor
Opsy
To view
Or
One who
Orrhagia
Bursting forth of blood
Orrhaphy
Suture
Orrhea
Flow, discharge
Orrhexia
Rupture
Osis
Condition
Ostomy
Make a new opening
Otomy
To cut into
Ous
Pertaining to
Pathy
Disease
Penia
Deficiency
Pexy
Fixation
Physis
To grow
Plasia
Formation, development
Plasm
Growth, formation
Plasty
Surgical repair
Poiesis
Formation
Ptosis
Drooping, prolapse
Ptysis
Spitting
Sclerosis
Hardening
Scope
Instrument to visually examine