click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -al | Pertaining to |
| -ase | Enzyme |
| -blast | Budding |
| -centesis | Surgical Puncture |
| -cidal | Causing death |
| -clast | Broken |
| -crit | To separate |
| -cyte | Cell |
| -ectomy | Excision or surgical removal |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -emesis | Vomiting |
| -gen, -genesis, -genic | Producing |
| -glia | Glue |
| -gram | Something written |
| -ia | Condition of, Diseased, or Abnormal State |
| -iac, -ic, -ior | Pertaining to |
| -ism | State of |
| -itia, -itis | Inflammation |
| -logy | Study of |
| -lyte | Dissolvable |
| -lytic | Destroy; Reduce |
| -mania | Madness or insane desire |
| -megaly | Enlargment |
| -meter | Instrument used to measure |
| -odia | Smell |
| -ologist | One who studies and practices |
| -oma | Tumor or swelling |
| -opia | Vision |
| -opsy | To view |
| -orrhea | Flow, excessive discharge |
| -orrhexis | Rupture |
| -osis | Abnormal increase in production |
| -ostomy | Creation of an artificial opening |
| -otomy | Cut into or incision |
| -oxia | Oxygen |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -sclerosis | Hardening |
| -scope | Instrument used for visual examination |
| -scopy | Visual examination |
| -sepsis | Infection |
| -spasm | Sudden involuntary muscle contraction |
| -stasis | Control or stop |
| -tomy | Cutting |
| -tropic | Influencing |