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. |