Suffixes Flashcards
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -iac, -ic, -ical, -ous, -tic
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-cyte
cell
-ectomy
excision, removal
-emia
blood condition
-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
-globin
protein
-gram
record
-ion
process
-ist
specialist
-itis
inflammation
-logy
process of study
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling, collection of fluid
-opsy
process of viewing
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
-pathy
disease condition
-scope
instrument to visually examine
-scopy
process of visually examining
-sis
state of; condition
-tomy
process of cutting, incision
-y
process, condition
-cele
hernia
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-coccus, -cocci
berry-shaped bacterium (a
-dynia
pain
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-penia
deficiency
-phobia
fear
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-plasty
surgical repair
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-sclerosis
hardening
-stasis
condition of controlling, stopping
-stomy
process of creating an opening
-therapy
treatment
-trophy
development, nourishment
-er
one who
-ia
condition
-ole, -ule
little, small
-um, -ium
structure, tissue (membrane)
-us
structure, substance
-oid
resembling, derived from
-blast
embryonic, immature
-crine
to secrete
-drome
to run
-fusion
coming together; to pour
-gen
substance that produces
-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
-meter
to measure
-mission
to send
-oxia
oxygen
-partum
birth, labor
-phoria
to bear, carry; feeling
-physis
to grow
-plasm
structure or formation
-desis
to bind, tie together
-ema
condition
-osmia
smell
-pnea
breathing
-ptysis
spitting
-sphyxia
pulse
-thorax
pleural cavity, chest
-lytic
breakdown
-one
hormone
-pexy
fixation
