Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Suffixes
The Language of Medicine 11th Edition
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -acusis | hearing |
| -ad | toward |
| -agon | assemble, gather |
| -agra | excessive pain |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algesia | sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| -amine | nitrogen compound |
| -an | pertaining to |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -arche | beginning |
| -arthria | articulate (speak distinctly) |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asthenia | lack of strength |
| -ation | process; condition |
| -blast | embryonic; immature cell |
| -blastoma | immature tumor (cells) |
| -capnia | carbon dioxide |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -chalasia | relaxation |
| -chalasis | relaxation |
| -chezia | defecation; elimination of wastes |
| -cide | killing |
| -cidal | pertaining to killing |
| -clasis | to break |
| -clast | to break |
| -clysis | irrigation; washing |
| -coccus (pl: -cocci) | berry-shaped bacterium |
| -constriction | narrowing |
| -crine | secrete; separate |
| -crit | separate |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cytosis | abnormal condition of cells; slight increase in numbers |
| -derma | skin |
| -desis | bind, tie together |
| -dilation | widening; stretching; expanding |
| -dote | to give |
| -drome | to run |
| -dynia | pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasia | dilation; dilatation; widening |
| -ectasis | dilation; dilatation; widening |
| -ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
| -edema | swelling |
| -elasma | flat plate |
| -ema | condition |
| -emesis | vomitting |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -emic | pertaining to blood condition |
| -er | one who |
| -esis | action; condition; state of |
| -esthesia | feeling (nervous sensation) |
| -eurysm | widening |
| -ferent | to carry |
| -fication | process of making |
| -fida | split |
| -form | resembling; in the shape of |
| -fusion | to pour; to come together |
| -gen | substance that produces |
| -genesis | producing; forming |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -globin | protein |
| -globulin | protein |
| -grade | to go |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| -hexia | state of |
| -ia | condition |
| -iac | pertaining to |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ical | pertaining to |
| -icle | small |
| -ile | pertaining to |
| -in, -ine | substance |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| -ion | process |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | process; condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -itus | condition |
| -ium | structure; tissue |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -kinesis | movement |
| -lapse | slide; fall; sag |
| -lemma | sheath, covering |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -leptic | pertaining to seizing, taking hold of |
| -lexia | word; phrase |
| -lithiasis | condition of stones |
| -lithotomy | incision (for removal) of a stone |
| -logy | study of |
| -lucent | to shine |
| -lysis | breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening |
| -lytic | reducing, destroying; separating; breakdown |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | obsessive preoccupation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | measure |
| -mimetic | mimic; copy |
| -mission | send |
| -mortem | death |
| -motor | movement |
| -oid | resembling; originating from |
| -ole | little; small |
| -oma | tumor; mass; fluid collection |
| -one | hormone |
| -opaque | obscure |
| -opia | vision condition |
| -opsia | vision condition |
| -opsy | view of |
| -or | one who |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -ose | full of; pertaining to; sugar |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -osmia | smell |
| -ostosis | condition of bone |
| -otia | ear condition |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -para | to bear, bring forth (live births) |
| -parous | to bear, bring forth |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -pareunia | sexual intercourse |
| -partum | birth; labor |
| -pathy | disease; emotion |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | fixation; to put in place |
| -phage | eat; swallow |
| -phagia | condition of eating; swallowing |
| -phasia | speech |
| -pheresis | removal |
| -phil | attraction for |
| -philia | attraction for |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phonia | voice; sound |
| -phoresis | carrying; transmission |
| -phoria | to bear, carry; feeling (mental state) |
| -phthisis | wasting away |
| -phylaxis | protection |
| -physis | to grow |
| -phyte | plant |
| -plakia | plaque |
| -plasia | development; formation; growth |
| -plasm | formation; structure |
| -plastic | pertaining to formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis; palsy |
| -plegic | pertaining to paralysis; palsy |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -poietin | substance that forms |
| -porosis | condition of pores (spaces) |
| -prandial | pertaining to eating or mealtime |
| -praxia | action |
| -ptosis | falling; drooping; prolapse |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhage | bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | flow; discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -salpinx | fallopian tube; oviduct |
| -schisis | split |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -sis | state of; condition |
| -sol | solution |
| -some | body |
| -somnia | sleep |
| -spadia | to tear; cut |
| -spasm | sudden contraction of muscles |
| -sphyxia | pulse |
| -stalsis | contraction |
| -stasis | stopping; controlling; placing |
| -static | pertaining to stopping or controlling |
| -stenosis | tightening; stricture |
| -sthenia | strength |
| -stitial | pertaining to standing or positioned |
| -stomia | condition of the mouth |
| -stomy | new opening (to form a mouth) |
| -suppression | stopping |
| -tension | pressure |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -thorax | chest; pleural cavity |
| -thymia | mind (condition of) |
| -thymic | pertaining to mind |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tocia | labor; birth (condition of) |
| -tocin | labor; birth (a substance for) |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -tory | pertaining to |
| -tresia | opening |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment; development (condition of) |
| -tropia | to turn |
| -tropic | pertaining to stimulating |
| -tropin | stimulate; to act on |
| -type | classification; picture |
| -ule | little; small |
| -um | structure; tissue; thing |
| -uria | urination; condition of urine |
| -us | structure; thing |
| -verse | to turn |
| -version | turning (condition of) |
| -y | condition; process |
Created by:
AbiNoel
Popular Medical sets