Suffixes (UNIT 1 ) Flashcards
-ac
-al
-ar
-ary
-eal
-ic
-ous
-tic
Pertaining to
-algia
-dynia
Pain
-cele
Hernia (something sticking out of place)
-centesis
Puncture
-cide
Killing
-cyte
Cell
-ectomy
Removal
-emia
Blood condition
-genic
Creating; giving a rise
-gram
Written, visual record
-graph
Instrument for visual records
-graphy
Procedure for visual records
ia-
-y
Condition or disease
-iasis
Presence of
-iatrics
-iatry
Medical Science
-iatrist
Specialist in the practice of
-icle
-ole
-ule
-ula
Makes whatever is in front of it smaller (Diminuitive suffix)
-ise
-ize
Ending making a noun into a verb
-ism
Condition, procedure, or belief
-ist
Specialist
-itis
Inflammation
-ium
Tissue or structure
-lith
Stone
-logist
Specialist in the study of
-logy
Study of
-desis
Binding (by a disease process)
-lysis
-lytic
Breakdown or destruction
-malacia
Softening
-megaly
Enlargement
-meter
Instrument for measurement
-metry
the process of using an instrument for measurement
-oid
Resembling
-oma
Tumor or swelling
-osis
Condition
-pathy
Disease
-penia
Deficiency; lack of
-pexy
Surgical fixation
-plasia
Formation, development, or growth
-plasty
Surgical reconstruction or reformation
-ptosis
Drooping
-rrhage
-rrhea
Excessive flow
-rrhaphy
Surgical formation of a seam (suturing)
-rrhexis
Rupture
-scope
Instrument to visual something
-scopy
Process of using an instrument to visualize something
-spasm
Involuntary contraction
-stomy
Creation of an opening
-tion
Word ending that makes a noun a process
-tomy
Cut or incision
-us
Condition