Sufix Flashcards
-ac, -al, -ic, -ical
Pertaining to
-algia
Pain
-centesis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas
-cyte
Cell
-cytosis
Increase in cell number
-drome
To run
-ectomy
Removal; excision; resection
-emia
Blood condition
-emia
Pertaining to a blood condition
-genie
Produced by or in
-gram
Record
-graph
Instrument for recording
-graphy
Process of recording
-ion
Process
-ist
Specialist
-itis
Inflammation
-logy
Study of
-Oma
Tumour; mass; mass; flu if collection
-opsy
View of
-osis
Abnormal condition
-patchy
Disease condition; emotion
-scope
Instrument foot visual examination
-scopy
Visual examination
-sis
State of; condition
-tomy
Incision; process of cutting into
-plasia
Development; formation; growth
-plasm
Formation
-plasty
Surgical repair
-some sort
Bodies
-blast
Immature; embryonic
-desks
Surgical fixation; to bind; tie together
-dynia
Pain
-fication
Process of making
-Genesis
Producing; forming
-malacia
Softening
-me try
Measurement
-Pexy
Surgical fixation; to put in place
-physis
To grow
-plasia
Development; formation; growth
-plasty
Surgical repair
-poiesis
Formation
-porosis
Condition of pores(spaces)
-rrhaphy
Suture
-Sclerosis
Hardening
-sthenia
Strength
-tome
Instrument to cut
-therapy
Treatment
-trophy
Development; nourishment
-y
Condition
-opsy
View of
-Ase
Enzyme
-orexia
Appetite
-action
Process; condition
-ose
Full of; pertaining to; sugar
-cele
Hernia
-osis
Abnormal condition
-otic
Pertaining to the abnormal condition
-chezia
Defecation; elimination if waste
-pepsia
Digestion
-Pexy
Surgical fixation; to put in place
-ectasis, -ectasia
Stretching; dilation; dilatatiom
-phagia
Eating; swallowing
-plasty
Surgical repair
-emesis
Vomiting
-prandial
Meal
-ptyalo
Spit; saliva
-ptysis
Spitting
-gen; -Genesis
Producing; forming
-rrhaphy
Suture
-rrhea
Flow; discharge
-ia
Condition
-spasm
Sudden involuntary contractions of muscles
-iasis
Abnormal condition
-stalsis
Contraction
-stasis
Stopping; controlling
-stenosis
Tightening; narrowing; stricture
-stomy
New opening to the outside of the body
-lithiasis
Abnormal condition of stones
-tresia
Opening
-lysis
Breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening
-um
Structure; tissue; thing; pertaining to
-megaly
Enlargement