UNIT 1 Suffixes Flashcards
-ac
-al
-ar
-ary
-eal
-ic
-ous
-tic
pertaining to
-algia
-dynia
pain
-cele
hernia
-centesis
puncture
-cide
killing
-cyte
cell
-desis
binding (by a disease process)
-ectomy
removal
-emia
blood condition
-genic
creating, giving rise to
-gram
written, visual record
-graph
instrument used to produce a visual record
-graphy
procedure used to produce a visual record
ia-
-y
condition; disease “place”
-iasis
presence of
-iatrics
-iatry
medical science
-iatrist
specialist in the practice of
-icle
-ole
-ule
-ula
diminutive suffix, it makes whatever’s in front of it smaller
-ise
-ize
ending that makes a noun into a verb
-ism
condition or procedure or belief
-ist
specialist
-itis
inflammation
-ium
tissue or structure
-lith
stone
-logist
specialist in the study of
-logy
study of
-lysis, -lytic
breakdown; 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; binding by a surgical procedure
-plasia
formation, development, growth
-plasty
surgical reconstruction or reformation
-ptosis
drooping
-rrhage
-rrhea
excessive flow
-rrhaphy
surgical formation of a seam; suturing
-rrhexis
rupture
-scope
instrument for visualizing 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 into a process
-tomy
cut; incision
-us
condition
