Suffixes (may 31) Flashcards
-algesia
pain
-algia
pain
-arche
beginning
-ase
enzyme
-asthenia
weakness
-capnia
carbon dioxide
-cele
hernia; protrusion, swelling
-centesis
puncture
-cide
to kill
-clasis
break, fracture
-clysis
injection
-crit
to seperate
-cusis
hearing
-cyesis
pregnancy
-cyte
cell
-desis
fixation, binding (of a bone or joint)
-dynia
pain
-ectasis
dilation; stretching, expansion
-ectomy
removal; excision
-emesis
vomiting
-emia
blood
-gen
born, or producing
-genesis, genis
producing, forming, origin
-glia
glue
-globin
protein
-gnosis
knowledge
-gram
record, a writing
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-ia
condition
-iasis
abnormal condition
-ic
pertaining to
-icle
small
-ist
one who specializes
-itis
inflammation
-kinesis
movement, motion