suffixes Flashcards
- eal
ie: laryngeal
pertaining to
- iac
ie: cardiac
pertaining to
- ior
ie: exterior
pertaining to
- ism
ie: anabolism
process
condition
- ose
ie: adipose
pertaining to
full of
- plasm
ie: cytoplasm
formation
somes
ie: chromosomes
bodies
type
picture
classification
- algia
ie: myalgia
pain
- cele
ie: rectocele
hernia
- centesis
ie: abdominocentesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
- coccus
ie: streptococcus
berry shaped bacterium(singular)
- cocci
ie: staphylococci
berry shaped bacteria (plural)
- dynia
ie: pleurodynia
pain
- ectomy
ie: laryngectomy
excision,
removal,
resection
- emia
ie: anemia
blood condition
- genesis
ie: carcinogenesis
condition of producing,
forming
- gram
ie: mammogram
record
- graphy
ie: angiography
process of recording
- graph
ie: cardiograph
instrument for recording
itis
ie: hepatitis
inflamation
- logy
ie: biology
study of
-lysis
breakdown,
destruction,
separation
- malacia
ie: osteomalacia
softening
- megal
ie: acromegaly
enlargement
- oma
ie: myosarcoma
tumor,
mass,
collection of fluid
- opsy
ie: biopsy
to view
- osis
ie: necrosis
condition (usually abnormal)
- pathy
ie: cardiomyopathy
disease condition
- penia
ie: erythropenia
deficiency
- phobia
ie: acrophobia
abnormal fear
- plasia
ie: achondroplasia
development,
formation,
growth
- plasty
ie: angioplasty
surgical repair
- ptosis
ie: blepharoptosis
drooping,
falling,
prolapse
- rrhea
ie: rhinorrhea
flow,
discharge
- sclerosis
ie: arteriosclerosis
hardening
- scope
ie: laparoscope
instrument for visual examination
- scopy
ie: laparoscopy
process of visual examination
- stasis
ie: metastasis
controlling,
stopping
- stomy
ie: colostomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
- therapy
ie: hydrotherapy
treatment
- tomy
ie: tracheotomy
incision,
cutting into
- trohpy
ie: atrophy
development,
nourishment
- er
ie: radiographer
one who
- ia
ie: leukemia
condition
- ist
ie: nephrologist
specialist
- ole
ie: ateriole
little,
small (-ule)
-ule (minuscule)
little,
small
- um, -ium
ie: pericardium
structure,
tissue
-us (mucus)
structure,
substance
- cyte
ie: eythrocyte
cell
- y
ie: nephropathy
process,
condition
- ac, -iac
ie: cardiac
pertaining to
- al
ie: inguinal
pertaining to
- ar
ie: tonsillar
pertaining to
- ary
ie: pulmonary
pertaining to
- eal
ie: laryngeal
pertaining to
- genic
ie: carcinogenic
pertaining to producing,
producing,
produced by or in
- ic, -ical
ie: chronic
pertaining to
- oid
ie: adenoids
resembling,
derived from
- ous
ie: mucous membrane
pertaining to
- tic
ie: necrotic
pertaining to
-blast
embryonic,
immature
-crine
to secrete
-drome
to run
-fusion
coming together; to pour
-gen
substance that produces
-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
-meter
to measure
-mission
to send
-or
one who
-oxia
oxygen
-partum
birth,
labor
-phoria
to bear,
carry;feeling (mental state)
-physis
to grow
-pnea
breathing
-ac, -iac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ose, -ous, -tic
all mean what?
pertaining to
