Suffixes Flashcards
-ac
pertaining to
Ex: Cadiac - pertaining to the heart
-algia
pain
Ex: fibermyalgia
-cele
hernia
-centesis
surgical puncture
Ex: paracentesis (puncture of the body cavity for the removal of fluid
-clysis
washing, irrigarion
Ex: enteroclysis - enema of the intestines
-cyte
cell
Ex: hematocyte - any blood cell
-ectasia
dilation, stretching
Ex: gastrectasia - dilation of the stomach
-emesis
vomiting
Ex: hyperemesis - excessive vomiting
-emia
denoting a condition of blood
Ex: glycemia - sugar in the blood
-ectomy
excision (cutting out)
Ex: tonsillectomy - cutting out of the tonsils
-genesis
condition of producing
Ex: carcinogenesis - the origin of the production of cancer
-itis
inflammation
Ex: dermatitis - inflammation of the skin
-lith
stone
Ex: nephrolith ( kidney stone)
-lysis
breakdown
Ex: hemolysis - destruction of red blood cells
-malasia
softening
Ex: osteomalasia - softening of the bones
-megaly
enlargement
Ex: cardiomegaly - enlargement of the heart
-odynia
painful condition
Ex: cardiodynia ( pain in the heart)
-oma
tumor
Ex: carcinoma - malignat tumor
-opsy
vision
Ex: biopsy - excision of a small piece of living tussue
-orexia
appeitite, desire
Ex: anorexia
-orrhera
flow, discharge
Ex: gastrorrhea - excessive secretion of gastric juices
-ostomy
to make a new opening
Ex: colostomy - the establishment of an atrifical anus
-otomy
incision to cut into -
Ex: nephrotomy - incision into the kidney
-path
morbid, diseased
Ex: sociopath - person who feels no remorse of guilt about behaving badly in social inappropriate ways
-pathy
disease
Ex: neuropathy - any nerve disease
–penia
deficiency -
Ex: leukopenia - situation where the total number of white boodcells is less than normal
-pepsia
digestion
Ex: dyspepsia - upset stomach
-pexy
fixation, to put into place
Ex: nephropexy - surgical attachment of a floating kidney
-phobia
fear
Ex: claustrophobia - fear of being in a closed small space
-pnea
breath
Ex: polypena - very rapid breathing
-rhythmia
rhythmical
Ex: arrhythmia - any variation the of a normal heart beat
-sclerosis
hardening -
Ex: arteriosclerosis - Harding of the arteries
-spasm
sudden violent involuntary contraction of the muscles
-stasis
arrest, control
Ex: cholestasia - an arrest in the flow of bile from the liver
-taxis
order, arrangement
Ex: thermotaxis - regulation of the temperature of the body
-tripsy
crushing
Ex: lithotripsy - crushing of a stone in the kidney by a machine that uses sound waves to break up the stone so that it can be passed in the urine
-trophy
development, nourishment
Ex: hypertrophy –overgrowth or increase in the bulk of a body part or organ
-uria
urine
albuminuria- presence of protein in the urine
