Suffixes Flashcards
Ac
Pertaining to
Ics
Knowledge; practice
Ion
Action; condition
-ism
Condition
Metry
Process of measuring
Al
Pertaining to
Iatry
Medical treatment
Oma
Mass; tumor
Ine
Pertaining to
Ia
Condition
Ation
Being; having; process
Ous
Pertaining to
Tomy
Process of making an incision
Ar
Pertaining to
Itis
inflammation
Graphy
Process of recording
Ectomy
Surgical removal
Ist
Person who specializes in
Megaly
Enlargement
Gram
Picture; record
Scopy
Process of using an instrument to examine
Stomy
Surgically created opening
Ive
Pertaining to
Logy
Study of
-Osis
Condition; abnormal
Ary
Pertaining to
Pathy
Disease
Scope
Instruments used to examine
Ic
Pertaining to
Therapy
Treatment
-centesis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid
-desis
Surgical binding
-emia
Blood condition
-lysis
Break down; destruction; dissolving
-malacia
Softening
-oid
Resembling
-penia
Deficiency; lack of
-pexy
Surgical fixation
-plasia
Growth
-plasty
Surgical reconstruction
-plegia
Paralysis
-pnea
Breathing
-rrhage
Burst forth; excessive bleeding
-rrhea
Flow of discharge
-stomy
Surgical creation of an opening
-tomy
Incision; to surgically cut into
-trophy
Growth