Suffixes Flashcards
/ac, /al
relating to
/algia
pain
/ar
relating to
/ary
relating to
/centesis
withdrawing fluid
/cyte
cell
/eal
relating to
/ectomy
removal
/emia, /hemia
throughout the blood
/grade
go
/gram
picture, record, tracing
/graph
instrument that creates picture or recording
/graphy
process of crating picture, recording, or tracing
/ia
condition
/iac
relating to
/ic
relating to
/ior
relating to
/ism
situation, process, condition
/ist
someone who does
/itis, /itic
inflammation
/ium
structure
/logy
study of, also used as root word “log/o”
/megaly
enlargement
/meter
distance measure, instrument to measure
/oid
like
/opsy
look at
/ose
like, relating to (also a suffix for chemical name for sugar [gluc])
/osis
pathologic condition
/ous
relating to
/pathy
disease process
/scope
instrument used to see through/with
/statis
control, hold in
/tic
relating to
/y
process of
