common suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
- ac
A
pertaining to (cardiac )
2
Q
- blast
A
bud; germ (myeloblast), an embryonic state of development or the creator of a type of cell (osteoblast)
3
Q
-cyte
A
cell (thrombocyte)
4
Q
- dynia
A
pain; swelling (thoracodynia)
5
Q
- eal, -ial
A
pertaining to (esophageal)
6
Q
- ectasis
A
expansion; dilation (atelectasis)
7
Q
- emia
A
blood condition (anemia)
8
Q
- ia
A
condition (hemophilia)
9
Q
- iasis
A
condition / formation of (psoriasis)
10
Q
- ism
A
condition or process (hypothyroidism, embolism)
11
Q
- itis / ites
A
inflammation (arthritis)
12
Q
- ity
A
pertaining to (immunity)
13
Q
- ium
A
structure or tissue (epithelium)
14
Q
- lysis / - lytic
A
break down, deconstruction, dissolving (analysis, paralysis)
15
Q
- malacia
A
softening (osteomalacia)
