Suffixes Flashcards
-ac
pertaining to
-ar
pertaining to
-eal
pertaining to
-ic
pertaining to
-agra
excessive pain
-apheresis
removal
-asthenia
weakness
-capnia
carbon dioxide
-centesis
surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
-clasia
break
-clast
break
-coccus (pl. cocci)
berry-shaped (bacterium form)
-crit
to separate
-desis
surgical fixation; fusion
-ectasis
stretching out; dilatation; expansion
-ectopia
displacement
-emia
blood condition
-esis
condition
-gen
substance or agent that produces or causes
-genic
producing; originating; causing
-graph
instrument used to record
-ia
condition of diseased or abnormal state
-ician
one who
-ism
state of
-lepsy
seizure
-lytic
destroy; reduce
-mania
madness; insane desire
-meter
instrument used to measure
-morph
form; shape
-odyia
pain
-ologist
one who studies and practices (specialist)
-oma
tumor; swelling
-opsy
to view
-orrhaphy
suturing; repairing
-orrhexis
rupture
-ostomy
creation of an artificial opening
-oxia
oxygen
-pathy
disease
-pepsia
digestion
-phagia
eating; swallowing
-phily
love
-phonia
sound or voice
-physis
growth
-plasm
growth; substance; formation
pplegia
paralysis
-poiesis
formation