Suffixes COPIED Flashcards
-cide
(suiCIDE)
causing death
-gnosia
knowledge, to know
-ian
specialist
-scopic
pertaining to visual examination
-ose
full of, pertaining to, sugar
-iasis
abnormal condition, disease
-uria
urination, urine
-mania
obsessive preoccupation
-iatry
field of medicine
-penia
deficiency, lack, too few
-tripsy
to crush
-phylaxis
protection
-ible
capable of, able to
-ac
pertaining to
-opia
vision condition
-ific
making, producing
-dilation
widening, stretching, expanding
-cyte
cell
-cytic
pertaining to a cell
-emia
blood, blood condition
-ax
noun ending
-pathy
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
-phonia
sound, voice
-dynia
pain
-megaly
enlargement
-ion
action, process, state or condition
-an
characteristic of, pertaining to
-y
noun ending
-ine
pertaining to
-acusia, -acusis
hearing, sense of hearing
-esis
abnormal condition, disease
-malacia
abnormal softening
-tropin
to stimulate, act on
-phoria
to bear, carry, feeling, mental state
-iform
shaped or formed like, resembling
-phylactic
protective, preventive
-pexy
surgical fixation
-stasis, -static
control, maintenance of a constant level
-plegia
paralysis, stroke
-ary
pertaining to
-iatrist
specialist
-igo
attack, disease condition
-ole
little, small
-cusis
hearing
-leptic
to seize, take hold of
-sol
solution
-hexia
habit
-stenosis
abnormal narrowing
-ferent
carrying
-plakia
plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale
-ago
abnormal condition, disease
-plasty
surgical repair
-coccus
spherical bacteria
-gram
a picture or record
-ize
to make, to treat
-phil, -philia
attraction to, like, love
-acious
characterized by
-ule
small one
-physis
to grow
-oxia
oxygen condition
-plasm
formative material of cells
-dipsia
thirst
-ectomy
surgical removal, cutting out, excision
-logy
study of
-apheresis
removal
-fic
making, producing, forming
-gog, -gogue
make flow
-meter
measure, instrument used to measure
-ior
pertaining to
-mission
to send
-surgery
operative procedure
-dema
swelling (fluid)
-porosis
lessening in density, porous condition
-ist
a person who practices, specialist
-lytic
to reduce, destroy
-ive
performs, tends toward
-cyst
bladder, bag
-genic, -genesis
creation, reproduction
-tropic
having an affinity for
-graphy
the process of producing a picture or record
-sis
abnormal condition, disease
-ium
structure, tissue
-tic
pertaining to
-desis
to bind, tie together
-able
capable of, able to
-otia
ear condition
-oma
tumor
-ostomy
the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface
-thorax
chest, pleural cavity
-aria
connected with
-lithiasis
presence of stones
-stalsis
contraction, constriction