click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Chapter 2 suffixes
| Al | Pertaining to |
| Ary | Pertaining to |
| Centesis | Surgical puncture |
| Drome | That which runs together |
| Form | Shape |
| Genic | Formation, produce |
| Gnosis | Knowledge |
| Grade | A step |
| Gram | A weight |
| Hexia | Condition |
| ic | Pertaining to |
| ion | Process |
| ism | Condition |
| ive | Nature of |
| liter | Liter |
| Logy | Study of |
| meter | A measure |
| osis | Condition |
| ous | Pertaining to |
| phoresis | To carry |
| scope | Instrument for examining |
| sepsis | Decay |
| therapy | Treatment |
| ar | Pertaining to |
| Algesia | Condition of pain |
| Cide | To kill |
| Cyst | Bladder, sac |
| Cyte | Cell |
| Dipsia | Thirst |
| er | Relating to, one who |
| lymph | Clear fluid, serum, pale fluid |
| stasis | Control, stop, stand still |
| therapy | Treatment |
| thermy | Heat |
| Uria | Urination, condition of urine |
| lysis | Destruction, seperation, breakdown, loosening, dissolution |
| penia | Lack of, deficency, abnormal reduction |
| plegia | Stroke, paralysis, palsy |
| ptosis | Prolapse, drooping, falling down, sagging |
| rrhea | Flow, discharge |
| scopy | To view, examine, visual examination |
| spasm | Tension, spasm, contraction |
| staxis | Dripping, trickling |
| -y | Process, condition, pertaining to |
| algia | Pain, ache |
| cele | Hernia, tumor, swelling |
| derma | Skin |
| dynia | Pain, ache |
| ectasis | Vomiting |
| itis | Inflammation |
| lepsy | Seizure |
| malacia | Softening |
| megaly | Enlargment, large |
| oma | Tumor |
| pathy | Disease,emotion |
| penia | Deficiency |
| pepsia | To digest |
| phagia | To eat, to swallow |
| phasia | To speak, speech |
| phobia | Fear |
| pnea | Breathing |
| ptosis | Drooping, prolapse, sagging |
| rrhage | Bursting forth |
| rrhea | Flow, discharge |
| rrhexis | Rupture |
| spasm | Tension, spasm, contraction |
| gram | A weight, mark, record |
| graph | Instrument for recording |
| grapher | Person who runs test |
| graphy | Recording |
| meter | Instrument used to measure |
| metry | Measurment |
| pexy | Surgical fixation |