| Question | Answer |
| -a is a noun | (a is a noun ending
cyanoderma) |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -ad | toward, increase
caudad (toward the tail or end of the body) |
| -al | pertaining
example: duodenal pertaining to
the duodenum |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to:
example- ventricular pertaining to ventricle |
| -ary | -pertaining to : |
| -ate | something that.....
hemolysate (something that results from hemolysis) |
| -blast | embryonic stage of development;
example: leukoblast (immature white blood cell) |
| -cele | swelling or herniation
example: cystocele (herniation or protusion through the wall of the vagina) |
| centesis | surgical puncture: example
amniocentesis |
| -cide | to kill or destroy |
| -clasis | crushing or breaking up |
| cyte | cell |
| -desis | binding or surgical fusion |
| dynia | pain |
| -e | e is a noun ending |
| -eal | pertaining to: |
| -ectasia | stretching or dilation |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -emia | blood condition
hyperglycemia (blood condition) |
| -er | one who
example: radiographer |
| -esis | condition of: example:
enuresis |
| -gen | that which generates:
example: gylcogen (that which generates suguar) |
| -genesis | generating:formation:
lithogenesis-formation of stones |
| -genic | pertaining to, formation, producing
example: lithgenic- pertaing to the formation of stones |
| -gram | record or picture |
| -graph | an instrument used to record:
electrocardiogram |
| -graphy | process of recording:
example: electrocardiography |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -ia | condition (ia is a noun ending)
ending: paraplegia |
| -ian | specialist in a field of study
geriatrician |
| -iatric(s) | relating to medicine |
| -iatrician | one who treats: a physican |
| -iatrist | ne who treats: a physician
psychiatrist (specialist in the study,treatment,and prevention of mental illness |
| -iatry | medical treatment, medical profession |
| -ic | pertaining to: example: thoracic
pertaining to the thorax |
| -ical | pertaining to:(ical is the combination of ic+al) example:
neurological (pertaining to the study of nerves |
| -ician | specialist in the field of study
example: obstetrician |
| -ile | pertaining to;capable
example: febrile (pertaining to fever). |
| -ion | action;process example: conduction(process in which heat is transferred from on e substance to another. |
| -ism | condition: example (hirsutism, condition of excessive body hair in a masculine distribution pattern. |
| -ist | practitioner, ie; pharmacist |
| -itis | inflammation- ie: appendicitis
inflammation of the appendix |
| -ize | to make; to treat or to combine with
example:anesthetize |
| -lepsy | seizure, attack, ,example: narcolepsy |
| -lith | stone
example: rhinolith (stone or calculus in the nose. |
| -lithiasis | presence of formation of stones
example: cholelithiasis |
| -logy | the study of:
biology study of life. |
| -logist | one who specializes, the study of;
example; biologist. |
| -lysis | destruction or detachment
example:dialysis |
| -lytic | destruction:
example: keratolytic destruction of
hardened skin |
| -mania | a mental disorder; a "madness"
example: megalomania ( mental disorder characterized by delusions of grandeur |
| -megaly | cardiomegaly: enlargement of the heart |
| -meter | an instrument used to measure |
| -metry | the process of measuring;
example: pelvimetry - process of measuring dimensions of the pelvis |
| -oid | resembling; example: mucoid (resembling mucus |
| -ole | small or little |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | visual condition |
| -opsia | visual condition |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -ory | pertaining to: characterized by,
ie; auditory pertaining to hearing |
| -osis | condition
example: cyanosis (condition of blueness) |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease in; deficiency |
| -pexy | surgical fixation:
example: colpopexy (surgical fixation
of a relaxed vaginal wall) |
| -philia | attracted to- |
| -phobia | abnormal fear |
| -plasia | formation or development;
ie: hyperplasia (excessive formation or development. |
| -plasty | surgical repair;
example: rhinoplasty (surgical repair of the nose in which the structure of the nose is changed. |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing; ie: apnea |
| -ptosis | drooping or prolapse |
| -rragia | excessive flow or discharge;
example: gastorrhagia , bursting forth of blood through the stomach |
| -rrhaphy | suturing |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow: diarrhea |
| -rrhexis | rupture
example: arteriorhexis (rupture of an artery.) |
| -scope | an instrument used to view |
| -scopy | the processes of viewing with a scope |
| -stasis | stopping or controlling;
example(s): hemostasis stopping or controlling the flow of blood)
venostasis: (the trapping or "standing still" of blood in the extremity. |
| -stomy | the surgical creation of a new
opening |
| -tomy | -incision into :
example : phlebotomy (incision into a vein. |
| -tripsy | intentional crushing;
example: lithotripsy (crushing of a stone in the bladder; maybe controlled by ultrasound or by laser. |
