General Suffixes Flashcards
(31 cards)
Pertaining to
(starting with A - 4, E - 1,i - 4, O - 2,T- 1)
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary,
-eal,
-ic, -ical -ior, -ine
-ose, -ous,
-tic,
-Blast
Immature, growing
-eal
Pertaining to
Small
-ole, ule
-genous,
-genic,
-genesis
pertaining to producing, produced by,
or produced in
-algia
Pain
-uria
urine, urination
-oid
Resembling, like
-cyte
cell
ectomy - as in Nephr/ectomy
excision, removal
emia - as in Leuk/emia
blood condition
globin - as in hemo/globin
protein
gram - as in electroencephalo/gram
record
ion - as in excision
process
-er, -or,
-ician,
-logist,
-ist
specialist in the study of
-phagia
eating, swallowing
-phasia
speech, speak
-plasia
formation, development, growth
-pnea
breathing
-poiesis
production, formation
-trophy
development, growth, nourishment
logy - as in endrocrino/logy
process of study
oma - as in hepat/oma
tumor, mass, swelling
opsy - as in bi/opsy
process of viewing
