UNIT 1 Suffixes Flashcards
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-ac
-al
-ar
-ary
-eal
-ic
-ous
-tic
A
pertaining to
2
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-algia
-dynia
A
pain
3
Q
-cele
A
hernia
4
Q
-centesis
A
puncture
5
Q
-cide
A
killing
6
Q
-cyte
A
cell
7
Q
-desis
A
binding (by a disease process)
8
Q
-ectomy
A
removal
9
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
10
Q
-genic
A
creating, giving rise to
11
Q
-gram
A
written, visual record
12
Q
-graph
A
instrument used to produce a visual record
13
Q
-graphy
A
procedure used to produce a visual record
14
Q
ia-
-y
A
condition; disease “place”
15
Q
-iasis
A
presence of
16
Q
-iatrics
-iatry
A
medical science
17
Q
-iatrist
A
specialist in the practice of
18
Q
-icle
-ole
-ule
-ula
A
diminutive suffix, it makes whatever’s in front of it smaller
19
Q
-ise
-ize
A
ending that makes a noun into a verb
20
Q
-ism
A
condition or procedure or belief
21
Q
-ist
A
specialist
22
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-itis
A
inflammation
23
Q
-ium
A
tissue or structure
24
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-lith
A
stone
25
-logist
specialist in the study of
26
-logy
study of
27
-lysis, -lytic
breakdown; 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; binding by a surgical procedure
38
-plasia
formation, development, 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 for visualizing 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 into a process
49
-tomy
cut; incision
50
-us
condition
