unit 1 - suffixes Flashcards
1
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-ac
-al
-ar
-ary
-eal
-ic
-ous
-tic
A
pertaining to
2
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-algia
-dynia
A
pain
3
Q
-cele
A
hernia
4
Q
-cide
A
killing
5
Q
-cyte
A
cell
6
Q
-desis
A
non-surgical binding
7
Q
-ectomy
A
removal
8
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
9
Q
-genic
A
creating
10
Q
-gram
A
written, visual record
11
Q
-graph
A
instrument used to produce a visual record
12
Q
-graphy
A
procedure used to produce a visual record
13
Q
-ia
-y
A
condition, disease
14
Q
-iasis
A
presense of
15
Q
-iatrics
-iatry
A
medical science
16
Q
-iatrist
A
specialist in the practice of
17
Q
-icle
-ole
-ule
-ula
A
makes whatever is in front of it smaller
18
Q
-ise
-ize
A
makes a noun into a verb
19
Q
-ism
A
condition or procedure or belief
20
Q
-ist
A
specialist
21
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
22
Q
-ium
A
tissue or structure
23
Q
-lith
A
stone
24
Q
-logist
A
specialist in the study of
25
-logy
study of
26
-lysis
-lytic
breakdown, destruction
27
-malacia
softening
28
-megaly
enlargement
29
-meter
instrument for measurement
30
-metry
process of using an instrument for measurment
31
-oid
resembling
32
-oma
tumor or swelling
33
-osis
condition
34
-pathy
disease
35
-penia
deficiency, lack of
36
-pexy
surgical fixation/binding
37
-plasia
formation, development, growth
38
-plasty
surgical reconstruction or reformation
39
-ptosis
drooping
40
-rrhage
-rrhea
excessive flow
41
-rrhaphy
suture
42
-rrhexis
rupture
43
-scope
instrument for visualizing something
44
-scopy
process of using an instrument to visualize something
45
-spasm
involuntary contraction
46
-stomy
creation of an opening
47
-tion
makes a noun into a process
48
-tomy
cut, incision
49
-us
condition
