Suffixes (Medical Terminology) Flashcards by Milagros Bondoc

-ac

pertaining to

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-acusis

hearing

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-ad

toward

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-agra

excessive pain

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-al

pertaining to

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-algesia

sensitivity to pain

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-algia

pain

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-an

pertaining to

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-apheresis

removal

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-ar

pertaining to

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-arche

beginning

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-arthria

articulate (speak distinctly)

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-ary

pertaining to

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-ase

enzyme

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-asthenia

lack of strength

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-ation

process, condition

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-blast

embryonic, immature cell

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-blastoma

immature tumor (cells)

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-capnia

carbon dioxide

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-cele

hernia

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-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-chalasia

relaxation

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-chezia

defecation, elimination of wastes

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-cidal

pertaining to killing

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-cide

killing

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clasis

to break

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-clast

to break

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-clysis

irrigation, washing

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-coccus (-cocci, pl.)

berry-shaped bacterium

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-constriction

narrowing

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-crine

secrete, separate

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-crit

separate

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-cusis

hearing

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-cyesis

pregnancy

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-cyte

cell

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-cytosis

condition of cells, slight increase in number

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-desis

bind, tie together

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-dilation

widening, stretching, expanding

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-dote

to give

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-drome

to run

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-eal

pertaining to

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-ectasia

dilation, widening

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ecstasis

dilation, widening

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-dynia

pain

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-ectomy

removal, excision, resection

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-edema

swelling

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-elasma

flat plate

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-ema

condition

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-emesis

vomiting

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-emia

blood contion

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-emic

pertaining to blood condition

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-er

one who

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-esis

action, condition, state of

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-esthesia

nervous sensation (feeling)

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-eurysm

widening

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-ferent

to carry

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-fida

split

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-form

resembling, in the shape of

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-fusion

to pour, to come together

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-gen

substance that produces

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-genesis

producing, forming

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-genic

produced by or in

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-globin

protein

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-globin

protein

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-grade

to go

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-gram

record

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-graph

instrument for recording

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-graphy

process of recording

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-gravida

pregnant woman

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-hexia

state of

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-ia

condition

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-iac

pertaining to

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-iasis

abnormal condition

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-ic

pertaining to

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-ical

pertaining to

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-icle

inflammation

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pertaining to

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-in, -ine

substance

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-ine

pertaining to

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-ion

process

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-ior

pertaining to

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-ism

process, condtion

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-ist

specialist

-para

to bear, bring forth (live births)

-paresis

weakness

-pareunia

sexual intercourse

-parous

to bear, bring forth

-itus

condition

-ium

structure, tissue

-kinesia

movement

-kinesis

movement

-lapse

slide, fall, sag

-lemma

sheath, covering

-lepsy

seizure

-leptic

pertaining to seizing, taking hold of

-lexia

word, phrase

-listhesis

slipping

-lithiasis

condition of stones

-lithotomy

incision (for removal of a stone)

-logy

study (process of)

-lucent

to shine

-lysis

breakdown, separation, destruction, loosening

-lytic

reducing, destroying, separating, breakdown

-malacia

softening

-mania

obsessive preoccupation

-megaly

enlargement

-meter

measure

-mimetic

mimic, copy

-mission

send

-mortem

death

-motor

movement

-oid

resembling, originating from

-ole

little, small

-oma

tumor, mass, fluid collection

-one

hormone

-opaque

obscure

-opia

vision condition

-opsia

vision condition

-opsy

view of

-or

one who

-orexia

appetite

-ose

full of, pertaining to, sugar

-osis

condition, usually abnormal

-osmia

smell

ostosis

condition of bone

-otia

ear condition

-ous

pertaining to

-oxia

oxygen

-partum

birth, labor

-pathy

disease, emotion

-penia

deficiency

-phage

eat, swallow

-phagia

condition of eating, swallowing

-phasia

speech

-phil

attraction for

-philia

attraction for

-phoresis

carrying, transmission

-phoria

to bear, carry, feeling (mental state)

-phthisis

wasting away

-phylaxis

protection

-physis

to grow

phyte

plant

plakia

plaque

-plasia

development, formation, growth

-plasm

formation, structure

-plastic

pertaining to formation

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis, palsy

-plegic

pertaining to paralysis, palsy

-pnea

breathing

-poiesis

formation

-poietin

substance that forms

-porosis

condition of pores (spaces)

-prandial

pertaining to eating or mealtime

-praxia

action

-ptosis

falling, drooping, prolapse

-ptysis

spitting

-rrhage

bursting forth (of blood)

-rrhagia

bursting forth (of blood)

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhea

flow, discharge

rrhexis

rupture

-salpinx

fallopian tube, oviduct

-schisis

spit

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

instrument for visual examination

-scopy

visual examination

-sis

state of, condition

-sol

solution

-some

body

-somnia

sleep

-spadia

to tear, cut

-spasm

sudden contraction of muscles

-sphyxia

pulse

-stalsis

stopping, controlling, placing

-static

pertaining to stopping or controlling

-stenosis

tightening, stricture

-sthenia

strength

-stitial

pertaining to standing or positioned

-stomia

condition of the mouth

-suppression

stopping

-tension

pressure

-therapy

treatment

-thorax

chest, pleural cavity

-thymia

mind (condition of)

-thymic

pertaining to mind

-tic

pertaining to

-tocia

labor, birth (condition of)

-tocin

labor, birth (a substance for)

-tome

instrument to cut

-tomy

process of cutting

-tory

pertaining to

-tresia

opening

-tripsy

crushing

-trophy

nourishment, development (condition of)

-tropia

to turn

-tropic

pertaining to stimulating

-tropin

stimulate, act on

-type

classification, picture

-ule

little, small

-um

structure, tissue, thing

-uria

urination, condition of urine

-us

structure, thing

-verse

to turn

-version

turning (condition of)

-y

condition, process