Suffixes Flashcards
-ac
pertaining to
-ad
toward
-al
pertaining to
-apheresis
removal
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-asthenia
weakness
-atresia
occlusion, closure
-capina
carbon dioxide
-cele
hernia
-centesis
aspirate fluid off lung (puncture, puncture a cavity to remove fluid)
-clasia
break
-clasis
break
-coccus
beer-like bacteria
-crit
separate
-cyte
cell
-desis
fusion
-drome
run
-eal
pertaining to
-ectasis
expansion
-ectomy
removal (excision)
-emia
blood dysfunction (blood)
-esis
condition
-gen
agent that causes
-genesis
cause (development, formation, beginning)
-genic
pertaining to
-gram
record
-graph
recording device
-graphy
process of recording
-ia
disease condition (pertaining to, noun ending)
-ial
pertaining to
-iasis
condition
-iatrist
physician
-iatry
specialty
-ic
pertaining to
-ician
one that
-ictal
attack
-ior
pertaining to
-ism
condition of
-itis
inflammation of
-lysis
separating (destruction, breakdown)
-malacia
softening
-megaly
increasing in size
-meter
measure (measuring instrument)
-odynia
pain
-oid
resembling
-ologist
person that practices (one who studies)
-ology
study (study of)
-oma
tumor
-opia
vision
-opsy
view of
-orrhagia
blood flowing profusely (hemorrhage)
-orrhapy
repairing (suture)
-orrhea
flow
-orrhexis
break (rupture)
-osis
condition (condition of)
-ostomy
to make an opening (new permanent opening)
-otomy
cut into (incision, cutting into)
-ous
pertaining to
-oxia
oxygen
-presis
partial paralysis
-pathy
disease
-penia
decrease in number
-pepsia
digestion
-pexy
suspension
-phagia
swallowing, eating
-phobia
excessive fear of
-phonia
sound, voice
-physis
growth
-plasia
development
-plasm
a growth
-plasty
repair by surgery
-plegia
paralysis
-pnea
breathing
-poiesis
formation
-ptosis
sagging
-salpinx
fallopian tube
-sacoma
malignant tumor
-schisis
crack
-sclerosis
hardening
-scope
visual device used for inspection
-scopic
visual inspection
-sis
condition of
-spasm
abnormal muscle firing
-stasis
standing (slow, stop)
-stenosis
narrowing
-thorax
chest
-tocia
labor, birth
-tome
cutting device (instrument)
-tripsy
surgical crushing
-trophy
develop
-uria
urine