Suffixes Flashcards
-ism
a process; condition
-tomy
incision, cutting into
-ectomy
excision, removal
-plasm
formation, growth
-somes
bodies
-type
picture, classification
-algia, -dynia
pain
-cele
hernia
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-emia
blood condition
-genesis
producing, formation
-gram
record
-graphy
process of recording
-er
one who
-ia
condition
-ole, -ule
little, small
-um, -ium
structure, tissue
-us
structure, substance
-oid
resembling, derived from
-ac, -iac, -ic, -ical, -tic
pertaining to
-al, -ar, -ary, -ous
pertaining to
-ose
pertaining to, full of
-blast
embryonic or immature cells
-crine
to secrete
-drome
to run
-fusion
combing together, to pour
-gen
substance that produces
-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
-phoria
to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
-physis
to grow
-pnea
breathing
-malacia
softening
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
-penia
deficiency
-plasia
development, growth
-plasty
surgical repair
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
-rrhea
discharge, flow
-sclerosis
hardening
-stasis
controlling, stopping
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
-trophy
development, nourishment
-genic
pertaining to, produced by or in
-ase
enzyme
-chezia
defecation
-iasis
abnormal condition
-prandial
meal
-ectasis, -ectasia
dillation, widening
-emesis
vomitting
-pepsia
digestion
-ptysis
spitting
-rrhage -rrhagia
bursting forth (of blood)
-stenosis
narrowing, tightening
-tresia
opening
-poietin
substance that forms
-tripsy
crushing
-uria
urination, urine condition
-arche
begining
-cyesis
pregnancy
-gravida
pregnancy
-parous
bearing, bringing forth
-salpinx
fallopian tube
-tocia
labor, birth
-version
act of turning
-one
hormone
-pexy
fixation, put in place
-algesia
sensitive to pain
-algia
pain
-esthesia
feeling; nervous sensation
-kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic
movement
-lepsy
seizure
-paresis
weakness
-phasia
speech
-plegia
paralysis
-praxia
action
-sthenia
strength
-ema
condition
-osmia
smell
-sphyxia
pusle
-thorax
plural cavity, chest
-apheresis
removal, carry away
-cytosis
abnormal condition of the cells
-globin -globulin
protein
-lytic
pertaining to destruction
-philia
attraction for
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
-poiesis
formation
-stitial
to set, standing position
-suppression
to stop
-clast
to break
-listhesis
slipping
-tome
instrument to cut
-porosis
pore, passage
-desis
to bind, tie together
-astheria
lack of strenght
-trophy
development, nourishment
-derma
skin
-opia
vision
-opsia
vision
-tropia
to turn
-otia
ear condition
-cusis
hearing
-acusis
hearing
-agon
assemble, gather together
-in, -ine
substance
-tropin
stimulating the production of
-blastoma
immature tumor
-plasm
formation, growth
-therapy
treatment
-lucent
to shine
-opaque
obscure
-leptic
to seize hold of
-mania
obsessive preoccupation
-phobia
fear (irrational and often unsettling)
-thymia
mind