Suffixes Flashcards
-ac
pertaining to
-gram
record, recording
-phagia
eating, swallowing
-al
pertaining to
-graph
instrument used to record
-philia
-phily
love
-ar
pertaining to
-graphy
process of recording
-ary
pertaining to
-ia
condition of diseased or abnormal state
-phobia
abnormal fear to specific objects
-eal, -ial
pertaining to
-iatry
physician, treatment
-phonia
sound, voice
-ial
pertaining to
- ician
one who
-phoria
feeling
-ic
pertaining to
-ictal
seizure, attack
-physis
growth
-ous
pertaining to
-ism
state of
-plasia
formation, development, growth
-agra
excessive pain
-itis
inflammation
-plasm
growth, substance, formation
-algia
pain
-lepsy
seizure
-plasty
plastic or surgical repair
-apheresis
removal
-lysis
loosening, dissolution, separating
-plegia
paralysis
-ase
enzyme
-lytic
destroy, reduce
-pnea
breathing
-asthenia
weakness
-malacia
softening
-poiesis
formation, production
-atresia
absence of normal body opening, occlusion, closure
-mania
madness
-porosis
passage
-capnia
carbon dioxide
-megaly
enlargement
-prandial
meal
-cele
hernia, protusion
-meter
instrument used to measure
-praxia
in front of, before
-centesis
surgical PUNCTURE
-metry
process of measuring, measurement
-ptosis
dropping, sagging
-cidl
killing
-morph
form, shape
-ptysis
spitting
-clasia
break
-odia
smell
-salpinx
fallopian tube
-clast
break
-odynia
pain
-sarcoma
malignant tumor
-clysis
irrigation, washing
-oid
resembling
-schisis
split, fissure
-coccus
berryshaped (form of bacterium)
-ologist
one who studies and practices (specialist)
-sclerosis
hardening
-crine
secrete, separate
-ology
study of
-scope
instrument used for visual examination
-crit
to separate
-oma
tumor, swelling
-scopy
process of visual examining
-cyte
cell
-opia
vision (condition)
-scopic
visual examination
-desis
surgical FIXATION
-opsy
to view
-sepsis
infection
-drome
run, running
-orrhagia
rapid flow of blood
-sis
state of
-ectasis
stretching out, dilation, expansion
-orrhaphy
suturing, repairing
-spasm
sudden, involuntary muscle contraction
-ectomy
surgical removal or excision
-orrhea
flow, excessive discharge
-stasis
control, stop
-ectopia
displacement
-orrhexis
rupture
-stalsis
contraction
-emesis
vomitting
-osis
abnormal condition
-stenosis
constriction, narrowing
-emia
blood condition
-ostomy
creation of artificial opening
-thorax
chest
-er
one who
-otomy
cut into or incision
-tocia
birth, labor
-esis
condiiton
-oxia
oxygen
-tome
instrument used to cut
-iasis
condition
-paresis
slight paralysis
-tripsy
surgical crushing
-gen
substance or agent that produces of causes
-pathy
disease
-trophy
nourishment
-genesis
origin, cause
-penia
deficiency, lack of, abnormal reduction in number
-ule
little
-genic
producing, originating, causing
-pepsia
digestion
-uria
urine, urinating
-pexy
surgical fixation
-blast, -blasto
bud, germ
-dynia
pain, swelling
-ity
pertaining to
-ium
structure or tissue
-lysis, -lytic
break down, destruction, dissolving
-phasia
speech
-rrhage
bleeding