Suffixes Flashcards
-a
No meaning
-al
Pertaining to
-ad
Toward
-coccus
Berry shaped
-cyte
Cell
-ectomy
Excision
-gen
Substance/agent that produces/causes
-genic
Producing/causing/originating
-ia
Condition of/diseased state/abnormal state
-ic
Pertaining to
-itis
Inflammation
-ior
Pertaining to
-ology
Study of
-logist
Specialist who studies and treats
-malacia
Softening
-melagy
Enlarged/enlargement
-oid
Resembling
-Oma
Tumor/swelling
-opsy
View of/process of viewing
-orrhea
Flow/excessive discharge
-osis
Abnormal condition/increased numbers relating to blood
-ous
Pertaining to
-pathy
Disease
-phagia
Eating/swallowing
-plasia
Development/growth/condition of formation
-plasm
Growth/substance/formation
-plasty
Surgical repair
-rrhea
Flow/discharge
-sis
State of
-stasis
Stop/controlling/standing
-tome
Instrument used to cut
Algia
Pain
Ar
Pertaining to
Ary
Pertaining to
Cele
Hernia/protrusion
Centesis
Surgical procedure to aspirate fluid
Eal
Pertaining to
Ectasis
Stretching out/dilation/expansion
Emia
In the blood
Gram
The record/radio graphic image
Graphy
Process of recording
Meter
Instrument used to measure