Appendix 6: Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-ac, -ar, -ary
A
pertaining to
2
Q
-agogue
A
promoter, stimulator
3
Q
-al
A
pertaining to
4
Q
-algesia, -algia
A
pain
5
Q
-ase
A
enzyme
6
Q
-blast
A
immature cell, productive cell, embryonic cell
7
Q
-capnia
A
carbon dioxide (level of)
8
Q
-cele
A
hernia, localized dilation
9
Q
-centesis
A
puncture, tap
10
Q
-clasis, -clasia
A
breaking
11
Q
-cyte
A
cell
12
Q
-desis
A
binding, fusion
13
Q
-dilation, -dilatation
A
expansion, widening
14
Q
-ectasia, -ectasis
A
dilation, dilatation, distention
15
Q
-ectomy
A
excision, surgical removal
16
Q
-edema
A
accumulation of fluid, swelling
17
Q
-emia
A
condition of blood
18
Q
-esthesia, -esthesi/o
A
sensation
19
Q
-form
A
like, resembling
20
Q
-gen, -genesis
A
origin, formation
21
Q
-geusia
A
sense of taste
22
Q
-gram
A
record of data
23
Q
-graph
A
instrument for recording data
24
Q
-graphy
A
act of recording data
25
-hemi
half, one side
26
-hemia
condition of blood
27
-ia, -ia/sis, -ism, -o/sis, -sis
condition of
28
-ian, -ist
specialist
29
-iatrics, -iatry, -ics
medical specialty
30
-ic, -ical, -ile, -ory, -ous
pertaining to
31
-itis
inflammation
32
-lalia
speech, babble
33
-lepsy
seizure
34
-lexia
reading
35
-listhesis
slipping
36
-logy
study of
37
-lysis
separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction
38
-lytic
dissolving, reducing, loosening
39
-malacia
softening
40
-mania
excited state, obsession
41
-megaly
enlargement
42
-meter
instrument for measuring
43
-metry
measurement of
44
-mimetic
mimicking, simulating
45
-necrosis
death of tissue
46
-odynia
pain
47
-oid
like, resembling
48
-oma
tumor
49
-opia
condition of the eye, vision
50
-opsia
condition of vision
51
-ose
sugar
52
-osmia
sense of smell
53
-oxia
oxygen (level of)
54
-paresis
partial paralysis, weakness
55
-pathy
disease, any disease of
56
-penia
decrease in, deficiency of
57
-pexy
surgical fixation
58
-phasia
speech
59
-philic
attracting, absorbing
60
-phobia
fear
61
-phonia
voice
62
-plasia
formation, molding, development
63
-plasty
plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction
64
-plegia
paralysis
65
-pnea
breathing
66
-poiesis
formation, production
67
-ptosis
dropping, downward displacement, prolapse
68
-rhage, -rhagia
bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage
69
-rhaphy
surgical repair, suture
70
-rhea
flow, discharge
71
-rhexis
rupture
72
-schisis
fissure, splitting
73
-sclerosis
hardening
74
-scope
instrument for viewing or examining
75
-scopy
examination of
76
-some
body, small body
77
-spasm
sudden contraction, cramp
78
-stasis
suppression, stoppage
79
-spermia
condition of semen
80
-stenosis
narrowing, constriction
81
-stomy
surgical creation of an opening
82
-tome
instrument for incising (cutting)
83
-tomy
incision, cutting
84
-toxin
poison
85
-tripsy
crushing
86
-tropic
act(ing) on, affect(ing)
87
-trophy, -trophia
feeding, growth, nourishment
88
-uresis
urination
89
-uria
condition of urine, urination
90
-y
condition of
