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Chapter 7 Suffix
All of Suffixes of Medical language of lesson 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ist | specialist |
| -emic | pertaining to a condition of the blood |
| -oid | resembling |
| -crit | to separate |
| -logy | study off |
| -ion | action, condition |
| -let | little, small |
| -amin(e) | nitrogen- containing substance |
| -ate | composed of, pertaining to |
| -cyte | cell |
| -pathy | disease |
| -ia -ity -ism -osis | condition |
| -ic -ious -ial -atic -istic -ar -al -tic -ous | pertaining to |
| -hemia | blood condition |
| -phil | attraction |
| -lysis | destruction |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -ant | forming, pertaining to |
| -ation -ion | process |
| -blast | immature cell |
| -stasis | control, stop |
| -oma | mass, tumor |
| -emia | a blood condition |
| -in -in | substance chemical compound |
| -is | belonging to |
| -ible | can do |
| -bility | able to do |
| -cie | small |
| -ence | forming, quality of |
| -gen | create |
| -ergy | process of working |
| -ent | end result, pertaining to |
| -ize | affect in a specific way |
| -ization | process of inserting or creating |
| -ectomy | surgical excision |
| -megaly | enlargment |
| -gram | recording |
| -ated | pertaining to a condition |
| -ency | quality, state of |
| -ium | structure |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -scopy | to examine, to view |
| -ite | resembling |
| -toxic | able to kill |
| -or | that which does |