Suffixes Flashcards
breathing
-pnea
pain
-algia
pain
-dynia
blood condition
-emia
condition, disease
-ia
inflammation
-itis
seizure, attack
-lepsy
softening
-malacia
enlargement
-megaly
tumor, mass
-oma
abnormal condition
-osis
disease
-pathy
deficiency
-penia
paralysis
-plegia
hardening
-sclerosis
bursting forth
-rrhage
flow, discharge
-rrhea
breaking open
-rrhexis
puncture and aspiration
-centesis
surgical removal
-ectomy
producing, forming
-genic
process of recording
-graphy
seperation
-lysis
view of, vision
-opsy
surgical repair
-plasty
visual examination
-scopy
opening
-stomy
incision, cutting
-tomy
pertaining to
-ac, -iac
pertaining to
-al, -eal, -ial
pertaining to
-ar, -ary
small
-ellam
medical treatment
-iatric
pertaining to
-ic, -ical
pertaining to
-ine
resembling
-oid
characteristic of
-ous
cell, living substance
-plast
formation, repair of
-plasty
pertaining to
-ular
eating
-vorous