Suffixes Flashcards
-log, -logo
speech or words
-lys, -lyso
dissolving, loosing
-mania
abnormal love for, morbid impulse
-megaly
large, enlraged
-oid
resembling
-oma, -omata
tumor or neoplasm or a mass
-opia, -opsia
vision, eye
-ose
sugar
-oses, -osis, -otic
procees, state or condition, usually abnormal
-ostomy
artificial or surgical opening
-otomy
opening
-ous
full of, abounding with
-tomy
opening
-penia, pnea
deficiency, breathing
-pexy
fixation, usually surgical
-phage, -phagia, -phago, -phagy
eating, devouring
-phil, -phile, -philia, -philic
affinity for, craving for, fondness
-phobia
fear
-phrenia
mind
-phylaxis
protection
-plasia
formation
-plasty
molding or shaping a defect to restore form and function
-plegia
paralysis
-ploid
multiple in form
-pnea
breath, respiration
-poiesis
production or producing
-ptosis
sinking down or prolapse of an organ
-rhagia, -rrhagia
excessive or unsual discharge
-rhaphy, -rrhapy
surgical suturing
-rhea, -rrhea
folowing, a flux
-rrhexis
rupture
-snagui, -sanguin
blood, bloody
-scope, -scopy
an instrument for viewing
-stasis
stopping
-stat
an agent to keep something static or not flowing or moving
-stomy, -tomy
artificial or surgical opening
-tome
segment, part, section
-trophic, trophy
nutition
-tropia
turning
-tropic
turning toward, affinity
-ureticm, -uria
urine
-ventilation
to oxygenate or assist in breathing