Suffixes Reference Sheet Flashcards
-algia
pain
-cele
hernia
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
-coccus
berry-shaped
-cocci
plural
-cyte
cell
-dynia
pain
-ectomy
excision, removal, resection
-emia
blood condition
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
-gram
record
-graph
instrument for recording
-graphy
process of recording
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
-itis
inflammation
-logy
study of
-malacia
softening
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
-opsy
to view
-pathy
disease condition
-penia
deficiency
-phobia
fear
-plasia
development, formation, growth
-plasty
surgical repair
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-sclerosis
hardening
-scopy
process of visual examination (with an endoscope)
-scope
instrument for visual examination
-stasis
controlling, stopping
-tomy
incision, cutting into
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
-therapy
treatment
-trophy
development, nourishment
-er
one who
-ia
condition
-ist
specialist
-ole
little, small
-oid
resembling, derived from
-us
structure, substance
-ule
little, small
-um , -ium
structure, tissue
-y
condition, process
-ar
pertaining to
-ac , -iac
pertaining to
-al
pertaining to
-eal
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-genic
pertaining to, producing, produced by or in
-ic , -ical
pertaining to
-ose
pertaining to, full of
-ous
pertaining to
-ectasis , -ectasia
dilation, widening
-tic
pertaining to
-emesis
vomiting
-pepsia
digestion
-phagia
eating, swallowing
-ptysis
spitting
-rrhage , -rrhagia
bursting forth (of blood)
-rrhaphy
suture
-spasm
involuntary contraction of muscles
-stenosis
narrowing, tightening
-tresia
opening