Suffixes - Chapter 1 Flashcards
- penia
Deficiency
- algia
Pain.
- megaly
Enlargement.
- tomy
Cutting
- list, logist
One who studies.
-asthenia
Weakness.
-desis
Binding, function.
-dynia
Pain.
-esthesia
Sensation.
-kinesia, -kinesis
Movement.
-phobia
Fear.
-phonia
Sound.
-phoria
Feeling, carrying.
cele-
hernia.
-cytosis
Condition of cells.
-ectasia, -ectasis
Expansion, dilation.
-edema
Swelling.
-ema
Condition.
-emesis
Vomiting.
-iasis
Pathological condition or state, presence of.
-ism
Condition, disease.
-itis
Inflammation.
-lepsy
Seizures.
-leptic
Pertaining to seizures.
-lithiasis
Presence of stones.
-mania
Obsession, madness.
-oma
Tumor, neoplasm.
-opia,-opsia
Vision.
-osis
Condition, state, process.
-paresis
Slight paralysis, feelings of numbness and tingling.
-pathy
Abnormal condition, disease process.
-penia
Deficiency, small, fewer.
-philia
Attraction, affinity for.
-phrenia
Of the mind.
-phthisis
Wasting away.
-plegia
Paralysis.
-physis
Growing.
-plegic
Pertaining to paralysis.
-ptosis
Falling down, drooping.
-rrhea
To flow or discharge.
-rrhagia
Excessive bleeding.
-rrhexis
Rupture.
-tropic
Pertaining to nutrition.
-trophy
Nutrition.
-blast
Immature, forming.
-cidal, -cide
Destroying, killing.
-crine
Secreting.
-malacia
Softening.
-para
(Suffix of body processes)
Bearing, given birth.
-parous
Bearing, producing offspring.
-pepsia
Digestion.
-phage, -phagia
Eating, devouring.
-phasia
Speaking.
-phoresis
Carrying.
-plasia
Formation, development, growth.
-plastic
Forming.
-pnea
Breath.
-poiesis
Production, formation.
-poietic
Pertaining to production.
-poietin
Substance that produces.
-rrhage
(Suffix of body processes)
Discharging heavily.
-rrhea
(Suffix of body processes)
A flowing, a flux.
-schisis
Splitting.
-somnia
Sleep.
-spasm
Contraction.
-stalsis
Contraction.
-stasis
Stopping, constant, static.
-stenosis
Narrowing.
-cyte
Cell.
-derma
Skin.
-emia
Blood.
-emic
Relating to blood.
-globin, -globulin.
Protein.
-oxia
Oxygen.
-plakia
Plaque.
-plasm, plasia
Thing formed, growth.
-uria
Urine.
-centesis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid.
-ectomy
Removal part of all of an organ or body part.
-lysis
Destruction of.
-lytic
Pertaining to destruction.
-pexy
Fixation, usually done surgically.
-plasty
Surgical repair.
-rrhapy
Surgical suturing.
-static, -statis
Maintaining a state.
-stomy
Opening.
-tome
Cutting instrument, segment.
-tomy
Cutting operation, incision.
-tripsy
Crushing.
-crit
Separate.
-gen
Producer.
-genesis
Origin.
-genic
Produced by.
-graph
A recording instrument.
-graphy
Process of recording.
-meter
Measuring device.
-metry
Measurement.
-opsy
View of.
-pheresis
Removal.
-phil
Attraction, affinity for.
-scope
An instrument for visual examination.
-scopy
Use of an instrument for viewing.
-gram
A recording.
-ad
(Miscellaneous)
Toward.
-clast, -clasis
(Miscellaneous)
Break, fracture.
-form
(Miscellaneous)
In the shape of.
-ic
(Miscellaneous)
Pertaining to.
-ics
(Miscellaneous)
Treatment, practice, body of knowledge.
-logist
(Miscellaneous)
One who studies.
-logy
(Miscellaneous)
Study, practice.
-oid
(Miscellaneous)
Like, resembling.
-phylaxis
(Miscellaneous)
Protection, prevention.
-plegic
(Miscellaneous)
Pertaining to paralysis.
-stat
(Miscellaneous)
Agent to maintain a state of equilibrium.
-tropia
(Miscellaneous)
Turning.
-tropic
(Miscellaneous)
Turning toward.
-tropy
(Miscellaneous)
Attracted to target structure.
-version
(Miscellaneous)
Turning.
