Suffixes Flashcards
-ectomy
Excision, removal
-centesis
Surgical puncture
-stomy
Forming an opening
-tome
Instrument used for cutting
-tomy
Incision, to cut into
-desis
Bonding or stabilizing
-rrhaphy
Suture, to repair a defect
-pexy
Fixation, suspension
-plasty
Formation, plastic repair
-clasis
To break down, refracture
-lysis
Loosening, freed from adhesions, destruction
-tripsy
To crush
-algia
Pain
-cele
Hernia, swelling
-dynia
Pain
-ectasis
Dilation. Expansion
-emia
Blood
-gen
Beginning, origin
-gram
A writing or tracing
-iasis
Condition, formation of, presence of
-itis
Inflammation
-malacia
Softening
-meter
Measure
-oid
Resemble
-oma
Tumor
-osis
Abnormal Condition
-pathy
Disease
-penia
Decreased
-phagia
Eating, swallow
-phasia
Speech
-plegia
Paralysis
-phobia
Fear
-ptosis
Prolapse, falling, dropping
-rrhage
Burst forth
-rrhea
Discharge, flow
-sclerosis
Hardening
-scopy
Examination, view
-spasm
Involuntary contraction
-pnea
Breathing
-iac
Indicates a person afflicted with certain diseases or conditions
-ism
Abnormal condition
-ist
One who specializes
-y, -ity
Condition or process
-or, -er
One who specializes in the practice of
-ole
Minute/tiny
-icle
Small
-ule
Little
-agogue
Leading, inducing
-ance
Quality or act of
-cide
Killer
-ectasia
Dilation of, expansion of
-form
Structure, form
-gen
Origin of
-ician, -ist
One charged with
-ion
Act of, state of
-meter
Measure
-ology
Science of
-phylaxis
Protection
-poiesis
Production, formation of
-sthenia
Strength
-ure
Act, or result of action
-ac
Pertaining to
-acy
Pertaining to
-ad
Toward, in the direction of
-al
Pertaining to
-an
Pertaining to, related to, belonging to
-ary
Related to, pertaining to
-facient
Making or causing to begin
-fugal
Driving or traveling away from
-ile
Having the qualities of or capability for
-trophy, -trophic
Related to nutrition, growth, development
-tropic
Turning toward or changing
-agra
Severe pain, seizure
-algia
Pain
-atresia
Abnormal, closure
-cele
Swelling, tumor
-cyst
Bladder like sac
-dom
State of being
-dynia
Pain
-ema
Swelling, distention
-ful
Full of, characterized
-hood
State, quality of, condition
-ia
A DiseaseD condition
-iasis
A DiseaseD condition
-id
Condition
-ism
Condition, act of, process of
-malacia
Softening
-ness
Quality of, state of
-oma
Tumor
-osis
Action. State
-pathy
Suffering, disease
-penia
Deficiency
-philia
Love of
-phobia
Fear of
-ptosis
Dropping, downward placement
-ship
State of, quality of
-tonia
Stretching, under tension
-vert
Turn
-centesis
Puncture of a cavity
-cis
Cut
-clasis, -clasia
Breaking up
-cleisis
Closure
-gram
Record, stay of
-graphy
Act or method
-otomy
Cutting into
-pexy
Fixation
-plasty
Molding or shaping
-rrhaphy
Closure of by suture, repair
-sect
Cut
-tome
Instrument for cutting
-tripsy
Rubbing, crushing
