U.1 Suffixes Flashcards
(55 cards)
1
Q
pertaining to
A
-ac
-al
-ar
-ary
-eal
-ic
-ous
-tic
2
Q
-algia
A
pain
3
Q
-dynia
A
pain
4
Q
-cele
A
hernia (something that sticks out where it shouldn’t)
5
Q
-centesis
A
puncture
6
Q
-cide
A
killing
7
Q
-cyte
A
cell
8
Q
-desis
A
binding (by disease process)
9
Q
-ectomy
A
removal
10
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
11
Q
-genic
A
creating; giving rise to
12
Q
-gram
A
written, visual record
13
Q
-graph
A
instrument used to produce a visual record
14
Q
-graphy
A
procedure used to produce a visual record
15
Q
-ia
A
condition, disease
16
Q
-y
A
condition, disease
17
Q
-iasis
A
presence of
18
Q
-iatrics
A
medical science
19
Q
-itary
A
medical science
20
Q
-iatrist
A
specialist in the practice of
21
Q
-icle
-ole
-ule
-ula
A
diminutive suffix; it makes a noun into a verb
22
Q
-ise
-ize
A
ENDING that makes a noun into a verb
23
Q
-ism
A
condition, procedure, or belief
24
Q
-ist
A
specialIST
25
-itis
inflammation
26
-ium
tissue or stucture
27
-lith
stone
28
-logist
specialist in the study of
29
-logy
study of
30
-lysis
breakdown; deconstruction
31
-lytic
breakdown; deconstruction
32
-malacia
softening
33
-megaly
enlargement
34
-meter
instrument for measurement
35
-metry
the process of using an instrument for measurement
36
-oid
resembling
37
-oma
tumor or swelling
38
-osis
condition
39
-pathy
disease
40
-penia
deficiency; lack of
41
-pexy
surgical fixation; binding by a surgical procedure
42
-plasia
formation, development, growth
43
-plasty
surgical reconstruction or reformation
44
-ptosis
drooping
45
-rrhage
excessive flow
46
-rrhea
excessive flow
47
-rrahaphy
surgical formation of a seam; suturing
48
-rrhexis
rupture
49
-scope
instrument for visualizing something
50
-scopy
process of using an instrument to visualize something
51
-spasm
involuntary contraction
52
-stomy
creation of an opening
53
-tion
word ending that makes a noun into a process (form v. formation)
54
-tomy
cut; incision
55
-us
condition
