UNIT 1 Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-ac
-al
-ar
-ary
-eal
-ic
-ous
-tic
A
pertaining to
2
Q
-algia
-dynia
A
pain
3
Q
-cele
A
hernia
4
Q
-centesis
A
puncture
5
Q
-cide
A
killing
6
Q
-cyte
A
cell
7
Q
-desis
A
binding (by a disease process)
8
Q
-ectomy
A
removal
9
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
10
Q
-genic
A
creating, giving rise to
11
Q
-gram
A
written, visual record
12
Q
-graph
A
instrument used to produce a visual record
13
Q
-graphy
A
procedure used to produce a visual record
14
Q
ia-
-y
A
condition; disease “place”
15
Q
-iasis
A
presence of
16
Q
-iatrics
-iatry
A
medical science
17
Q
-iatrist
A
specialist in the practice of
18
Q
-icle
-ole
-ule
-ula
A
diminutive suffix, it makes whatever’s in front of it smaller
19
Q
-ise
-ize
A
ending that makes a noun into a verb
20
Q
-ism
A
condition or procedure or belief
