suffixes Flashcards
blood
-emia
bursting forth
-rrhexis
cell
-cyte
condition
-osis, -iasis, -ia, -ism
to crush
-tripsy
to cut into
-tomy
cutting instrument
-tome
destroy
-lysis
disease of
-pathy
drooping
-ptosis
enlargement
-megaly
enzyme-related
-ase
fear
-phobia
flow or discharge
-rrhea
formation
-genesis
hardening
-sclerosis
herniation
-cele
infestation
-iasis
inflammation
-itis
instrument to examine
-scope
instrument to measure
-meter
instrument to record data
-graph
involuntary movement
-spasm
kill
-cide
lack of
-penia
live birth
-para
madness
-mania
make a new opening
-ostomy
measurement
-metry
morbidity or unhealthy condition
-ia
narrowing
-stenosis
nutrition/development
-trophy
one who
-er
pain
-algia, -dynia
pertaining to
-ic, -al, -otic, -ac, -ar, -ous, -ical
picture
gram
pregnancy
-gravida
process of
-y
recording of data
-graphy
to remove or cut out
-ectomy
resembling or like/similar
-oid
seizure
-lepsy
small in size
-ule, -ole
softening
-malacia
specialist
-ist
staying in one place
-stasis
stone
-lith
stretching
-ectasia
study of
-ology
surgical fixation
-pexy
surgical puncture
-centesis
to surgically repair
-plasty
swelling
-edema
treatment
-therapy
tumor
-oma
vomiting
-emesis
washing
-clysis