Suffixes 2 Flashcards
-lepsy
seizure
-listhesis
slipping
-lith
stone
-lithiasis
condition of stones
-logic
pertaining to study of
-logist
one who studies
-logy
study of
-lucent
to shine through
-lysis
to destroy
-lytic
destruction
-malacia
abnormal softening
-mania
frenzy
-manometer
instrument to measure pressure
-megaly
enlarge
-meter
instrument for measuring
-metrist
specialist in measuring
-metry
process of measuring
-nic
pertaining to
-nomics
pertaining to laws
-oid
resembling
-ole
small
-oma
tumor, mass
-opaque
nontransparent
-opia
vision condition
-opsia
vision condition
-opsy
view of
-orexia
appetite
-ory
pertaining to
-ose
pertaining to
-osis
abnormal condition
-osmia
smell
-ostomy
surgically create an opening
-otia
ear condition
-otomy
cutting into
-ous
pertaining to
-para
to bear
-paresis
weakness
-partum
childbirth
-pathy
disease
-penia
abnormal decrease
-pepsia
digestion
-pexy
surgical fixation
-phage
to eat
-phagia
eat, swallow
-phasia
speech
-phil
attracted to
-philia
condition of being attracted to
-philic
pertaining to being attracted to
-phobia
fear
-phonia
voice
-phoresis
carrying
-phoria
condition to bear
-phylaxis
protection