Suffixes Chapter 2 Flashcards
-iatrics, -iatry
field of medicine
-iatrist, -ician, -ist
specialist
-logist, -ologist
specialist in the study of
-centesis
surgical puncture
-cidal, -cide
destroying, killing
-desis
surgical fixation of bone or joint, binding, tying together
-dilation
widening, stretching, expanding
-ectomy
excision, surgical removal
-graphy
process of recording
-metry
measurement
-pexy
surgical fixation
-plasty
surgical repair
-rrhaphy
suture, suturing
-scopy
visual examination
-therapy
treatment
-tomy
cutting into, incision
-tripsy
crushing
-acusia, -acusis, -cusis
hearing
-algesia, -algesic, -algia, -dynia
pain
-esthesia
sensation
-dipsia
thirst
-opia, -opsia, -opsis, -opsy
vision, view of
-osmia
smell, odor
-phobia
fear
-phoria
feeling
-clasis, -clast
to break
-ectasis
dilation, expanding
-gen, -genesis, -genic, -genous
creating, producing
-emesis
vomiting
-kinesia, -kinesis
movement
-lysis
destruction
-pause, -stasis
cessation, stopping
-phage, -phagia
eating, swallowing
-phasia
speech
-rrhage, -rrhagia
bursting forth
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
-spasm
sudden involuntary contraction
-uresis
urination
-graph
recording instrument
-meter
measuring instrument
-scope
viewing instrument
-tome
cutting instrument
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ory, -ous, -tic, -tous
pertaining to
-cyte, -cytic
cell
-gram
record
-ole, -ule
small
-prandial
meal
-stomy
mouthlike opening
-cele
hernia
-constriction
narrowing
-cytosis
a condition of cells
-derma
skin
-edema
swelling
-emia
a condition of the blood
-gravida
pregnant woman
-ia, -ism
condition
-iasis
pathological condition or state
-itis
inflammation
-lepsy, -leptic
seizure
-lith
stone
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-necrosis
tissue death
-oid
resembling
-oma
tumor
-osis
abnormal condition
-oxia
oxygen
-paresis
slight or partial paralysis
-partum, -tocia
child birth or labor
-pathy
disease
-penia
deficiency
-pepsia
digestion
-phonia
voice
-plasia, -plasm
formation, growth
-plastic
pertaining to formation or growth
-plegic
pertaining to paralysis
-pnea
breathing
-pneic
pertaining to breathing
-ptosis
drooping, prolapse
-salpinx
uterine tube
-sclerosis
hardening
-static
not in motion, at rest
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
-thorax
chest
-trophy
nourishment, growth
-uria
urine
-plegia
paralysis