Suffixes Flashcards
-A
Noun ending, no meaning
-ac
Pertaining to
-ad
Towards
-al
Pertaining to
-Algia
Pain
-Amnios
Amnion, amniotic fluid
-Apheresis
Removal
-ar
Pertaining to
-ary
Pertaining to
-asthenia
Weakness
-Carcinoma
Cancerous tumour
-cele
Hernia, pertrusion, swelling
-Centesis
Surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
-Crine
To secrete
-cyesis
Pregnancy
-cyte
Cell
-desis
Surgical fixation, fusion
-drome
Run, running
-E
Noun ending, no meaning
-eal
Pertaining to
-Ectasis
Stretching out, dilation, expansion
-ectomy
Excision, surgical removal, cut out
-emesis
Vomiting
-emia
In the blood
-esis
Condition
-gen
Substance or absent that produces or causes
-genic
Producing, originating, causing
-globin
Protein
-gram
the record, radio graphic image
-graph
Instrument used to record; the record
-graphy
Process of recording, radiographic imaging
-ia
Condition of, diseased state, abnormal state
-iasis
Condition
-iatrist
Specialist
-iatry
Specialty, treatment
-ic
Pertaining to
-ictal
Seizure, attack