Suffixes (UNIT 1 ) Flashcards
1
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-ac
-al
-ar
-ary
-eal
-ic
-ous
-tic
A
Pertaining to
2
Q
-algia
-dynia
A
Pain
3
Q
-cele
A
Hernia (something sticking out of place)
4
Q
-centesis
A
Puncture
5
Q
-cide
A
Killing
6
Q
-cyte
A
Cell
7
Q
-ectomy
A
Removal
8
Q
-emia
A
Blood condition
9
Q
-genic
A
Creating; giving a rise
10
Q
-gram
A
Written, visual record
11
Q
-graph
A
Instrument for visual records
12
Q
-graphy
A
Procedure for visual records
13
Q
ia-
-y
A
Condition or disease
14
Q
-iasis
A
Presence of
15
Q
-iatrics
-iatry
A
Medical Science
16
Q
-iatrist
A
Specialist in the practice of
17
Q
-icle
-ole
-ule
-ula
A
Makes whatever is in front of it smaller (Diminuitive suffix)
18
Q
-ise
-ize
A
Ending making a noun into a verb
19
Q
-ism
A
Condition, procedure, or belief
20
Q
-ist
A
Specialist
21
Q
-itis
A
Inflammation
22
Q
-ium
A
Tissue or structure
23
Q
-lith
A
Stone
24
Q
-logist
A
Specialist in the study of
25
-logy
Study of
26
-desis
Binding (by a disease process)
27
-lysis
-lytic
Breakdown or destruction
28
-malacia
Softening
29
-megaly
Enlargement
30
-meter
Instrument for measurement
31
-metry
the process of using an instrument for measurement
32
-oid
Resembling
33
-oma
Tumor or swelling
34
-osis
Condition
35
-pathy
Disease
36
-penia
Deficiency; lack of
37
-pexy
Surgical fixation
38
-plasia
Formation, development, or growth
39
-plasty
Surgical reconstruction or reformation
40
-ptosis
Drooping
41
-rrhage
-rrhea
Excessive flow
42
-rrhaphy
Surgical formation of a seam (suturing)
43
-rrhexis
Rupture
44
-scope
Instrument to visual something
45
-scopy
Process of using an instrument to visualize something
46
-spasm
Involuntary contraction
47
-stomy
Creation of an opening
48
-tion
Word ending that makes a noun a process
49
-tomy
Cut or incision
50
-us
Condition
