Terminology - Suffixes Flashcards
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-a
A
(noun ending)
e.g. cyanoderma
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-ate
A
something that…
e.g. hemolysate
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-e
A
(noun ending)
e.g. dermatome
4
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-emia
A
blood condition
e.g. hyperglycemia
5
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-er
A
one who
e.g. radiographer
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-esis
A
condition of
e.g. enuresis
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-ia
A
condition (noun ending)
e.g. paraplegia
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-iatry
A
med tx or professional
e.g. podiatry
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-ion
A
action, process
e.g. conduction
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-ism
A
condition
e.g. hirsutism
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-ist
A
practitioner
e.g. pharmacist
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-ole
A
small or little
e.g. arteriole
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-tion
A
process of
e.g. relaxation
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-ula
A
small, little
e.g. macula
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-ule
A
“small one”
e.g. venule
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-um
A
(singular noun ending)
e.g. duodenum
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-us
A
(singular noun ending)
e.g. coccus
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-y
A
condition; process
e.g. myopathy
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Rule:
(sing.) -a becomes…
A
(pl. ) -ae
e. g. pleura ➔ pleurae
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Rule:
(sing.) -ax becomes…
A
(pl. ) -aces
e. g. thorax ➔ thoraces
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Rule:
(sing.) -ix, -ex, yx become…
A
(pl. ) -ices
e. g. apex ➔ apices
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Rule:
(sing.) -on becomes…
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(pl. ) -a
e. g. ganglion ➔ ganglia
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Rule:
(sing.) -um becomes…
A
(pl. ) -a
e. g. bacterium ➔ bacteria
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Rule:
(sing.) -us becomes…
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(pl. ) -i
e. g. thrombus ➔ thrombi
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Rule:
| (sing.) -ma becomes...
(pl. ) -mata
| e. g. fibroma ➔ fibromata
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-ician
specialist in field of study
| e.g. obstetrician
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-iatrics
related to medicine, tx, or physicians
| e.g. pediatrics
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-iatrist
one who treats; a physician
| e.g. psychiatrist
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-ian
specialist in a field of study
| e.g. geriatrician
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-logist
one who studies/specializes
| e.g. biologist
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-logy
the study of
| e.g. biology
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-centesis
surgical puncture
| e.g. amniocentesis
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-clasis
crushing or breaking up
| e.g. osteoclasis
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-desis
binding or surgical fusion
| e.g. arthrodesis
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-ectomy
surgical removal
| e.g. appendectomy
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-gram
record or picture
| e.g. electrocardiogram
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-graphy
process of recording
| e.g. electrocardiography
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-ize
to make; to treat or combine with
| e.g. anesthetize
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-lysis
destruction or detachment
| e.g. dialysis
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-meter
an instrument used to measure
| e.g. pelvimeter
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-opsy
process of viewing
| e.g. biopsy
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-pexy
surgical fixation
| e.g. colpopexy
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-rrhaphy
suturing
| e.g. nephrorrhaphy
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-scope
process of viewing w/ a scope
| e.g. colonoscope
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-stomy
surgical creation of a new opening
| e.g. colostomy
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-tomy
incision into
| e.g. phlebotomy
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-tripsy
intentional crushing
| e.g. lithotripsy
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-ac
```
pertaining to (adj.)
e.g. cardiac
```
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-ad
toward, increase
| e.g. caudad
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-al
```
pertaining to (adj.)
e.g. duodenal
```
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-algesia
sensitivity to pain
| e.g. analgesia
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-algia
pain
| e.g. cephalalgia
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-ar
```
pertaining to (adj.)
e.g. ventricular
```
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-ary
pertaining to; relating to
| e.g. pulmonary
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-ate
something that...
| e.g. hemolysate
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-blast
embryonic stage of dev.
| e.g. leukoblast
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-cele
swelling or herniation
| e.g. cystocele
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-centesis
surgical puncture
| e.g. amniocentesis
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-cide
to kill; to destroy
| e.g. spermicide
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-clasis
crushing or breaking up
| e.g. osteoclasis
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-cyte
cell
| e.g. leukocyte
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-desis
binding or surgical fusion
| e.g. arthrodesis
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-dynia
pain
| e.g. cephalodynia
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-e
(e is a noun ending)
| e.g. dermatome
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-eal
pertaining to
| e.g. esophageal
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-ectasia
stretching or dilatation
| e.g. gastrectasia
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-ectasis
stretching or dilatation
| e.g. gastrectasis
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-ectomy
surgical removal
| e.g. appendectomy
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-emia
blood condition
| e.g. hyperglycemia
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-er
one who
| e.g. radiographer
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-esis
condition of
| e.g. enuresis
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-gen
that which generates
| e.g. glycogen
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-genesis
generating; formation
| e.g. lithogenesis
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-genic
pertaining to formation, producing
| e.g. lithogenic
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-gram
record or picture
| e.g. electrocardiogram
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-graph
an instrument used to record
| e.g. electrocardiograph
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-graphy
process of recording
| e.g. electrocardiography
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-gravida
pregnancy
| e.g. multigravida
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-ia
condition; (noun ending)
| e.g. paraplegia
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-ian
specialist in a field of study
| e.g. geriatrician
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-iasis
presence of an abnormal condition
| e.g. cholelithiasis
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-iatric(s)
relating to medicine, physicians, or medical tx
| e.g. pediatrics
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-iatrician
one who treats; a physician
| e.g. pediatrician
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-iatrist
one who treats; a physician
| e.g. psychiatrist
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-iatry
medical tx/professional
| e.g. psychiatry
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-ic
pertaining to
| e.g. thoracic
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-ical
pertaining to
(combination of -ic + -al)
e.g. neurological
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-ician
specialist in a field of study
| e.g. obstetrician
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-ile
pertaining to; capable
| e.g. febrile
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-ion
action; process
| e.g. conduction
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-ism
condition
| e.g. hirsutism
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-ist
practitioner
| e.g pharmacist
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-itis
inflammation
| e.g. appendicitis
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-ize
to make; to treat or combine with
| e.g. anesthetize
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-lepsy
seizure, attack
| e.g. narcolepsy
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-lith
stone
| e.g. rhinolith
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-lithiasis
presence or formation of stones
| e.g. cholelithiasis
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-logy
the study of
| e.g. biology
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-logist
one who specializes in the study of
| e.g. biologist
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-lysis
destruction or detachment
| e.g. dialysis
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-lytic
destruction
| e.g. keratolytic
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-mania
a mental disorder; a "madness"
| e.g. megalomania
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-megaly
enlargement
| e.g. cardiomegaly
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-meter
an instrument used to measure
| e.g. pelvimeter
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-metry
the process of measuring
| e.g. pelvimetry
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-oid
resembling
| e.g. mucoid
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-ole
small or little
| e.g. arteriole
108
-oma
tumor
| e.g. lipoma
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-opia
visual condition
| e.g. myopia
110
-opsia
visual condition
| e.g. hemanopsia
111
-opsy
process of viewing
| e.g. biopsy
112
-ory
pertain to; characterized by
| e.g. auditory
113
-osis
condition
| e.g. cyanosis
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-ous
pertaining to
| e.g. venous
115
-pathy
disease
| e.g. adenopathy
116
-penia
decrease in; deficiency
| e.g. leukocytopenia
117
-philia
attraction to
| e.g. necrophilia
118
-plasia
formation or development
| e.g. hyperplasia
119
-plasty
surgical repair
| e.g. rhinoplasty
120
-plegia
paralysis
| e.g. hemiplegia
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-rrhagia
excessive flow or discharge
| e.g. gastrorrhagia
121
-pnea
breathing
| e.g. dyspnea
121
-rrhea
discharge; flow
| e.g. rhinorrhea
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-ptosis
drooping or prolapse
| e.g. colpoptosis
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-rrhexis
rupture
| e.g. arteriorrhexis
123
-scopy
the process of viewing with a scope
| e.g. ophthalmoscopy
124
-stasis
stopping or controlling
| e.g. hemostasis; venostasis
125
-tic
pertaining to
| e.g. cyanotic
126
-uria
a characteristic of the urine
| e.g. hematuria
127
-y
condition; process (noun ending)
| e.g. myopathy
