Question | Answer |
-ac, -iac | pertaining to |
-acusis | hearing |
-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-apheresis | removal, a carrying away |
-ar | pertaining to |
-arche | beginning |
-asthenia | lack of strength |
-blast | immature cell, embryonic |
-capnia | carbon dioxide |
-cele | hernia |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-chezia | defecation, elimination of wastes |
-constriction | narrowing |
-crine | to secrete |
-cusis | hearing |
-cyte | cell |
-cytosis | abnormal condition of cells |
-dilation | widening; stretching; expanding |
-eal | pertaining to |
-ectasia | stretching, dilation, dilatation, widening |
-ectasis | stretching, dilating, widening |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-edema | abnormally large volume of fluid in interstitial space |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | blood condition |
-er | one who |
-ernia | to bind, tie together |
-esthesia | sensation |
-flexion | a bending movement around a joint in a limb |
-fusion | coming together, to pour |
-genesis | condition of producing, forming |
-genic | pertaining to, producing, produced by, or in |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ia | condition |
-ic, -ical | pertaining to |
-in, -ine | a substance |
-ist | specialist |
-ion | process |
-ism | process, condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-kinesia, -kinesis | movement |
-kinetic | movement |
-lapse | to side, fall, sag |
-listhesis | slipping |
-lithiasis | the presence, condition or formation of stones |
-logy | study of |
-lithotomy | surgical incision of the urinary bladder for removal of a calculus |
-lysis | destruction, breakdown, separation |
-lytic | to produce decomposition |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | growth |
-meter | to measure |
-metry | process of measuring |
-oid | pertaining to |
-ole | little, small |
-oma | tumor |
-opia | vision |
-opsia | vision |
-opsy | to view |
-or | one view |
-orexia | condition of appetite |
-ose | pertaining to, full of |
-osis | condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells) |
-osmia | smell |
-otia | ear condition |
-ous | pertaining to |
-oxia | oxygen |
-paresis | weakness |
-pathy | disease condition |
-penia | deficiency |
-pexy | fixation, put in place |
-phage | eat, swallow |
-phagia | eating, swallowing |
-phasia | speech |
-phonia | voice, sound |
-phoresis | carrying, transmission |
-phylasix | protection against infection |
-physis | to grow |
-plasia | development formation growth |
-plasm | formation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
-plegic | paralysis |
-pnea | breathing |
-ptosis | dropping, sagging, prolapsed |
-ptysis | spitting |
-rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-salpinx | uterine tube |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scope | instrument for visual examination |
-scopy | viewing |
-spasm | sudden, involuntary contraction of muscles |
-stasis | to stop, control |
-stenosis | tightening, stricture, narrowing |
-sthenia | strength |
-stitial | interspace of tissues |
-stomy | opening to form a mouth [stoma] |
-suppression | holding |
-therapy | treatment |
-thorax | pleural cavity, chest |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-tomy | process of cutting, incision |
-tripsy | crushing |
-trophy | development, nourishment |
-tropia | to turn |
-um, -ium | structure, tissue |
-uria | condition of having a specific substance in the urine |
-version | act of turning |
-y | condition, process |