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Chapter 6
Cardiovascular System: Suffixes ONLY
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| --Ac | Pertaining To |
| --Al | Pertaining To |
| --Ar | Pertaining To |
| --Ary | Pertaining To |
| --Ic | Pertaining To |
| --Ous | Pertaining To |
| --Ant | Substance that Produces |
| --Ation | Process, Condition |
| --Crit | To Separate |
| --E | Noun Suffix with no Meaning |
| --Ectomy | Surgical Removal, Excision |
| --Emia | Blood Condition |
| --Emic | Pertaining to Blood Condition |
| --Gram | Record, Image |
| --Graph | Instrument for Recording |
| --Graphy | Process of Recording |
| --Ia | Condition |
| --In | Chemical, Chemical Compound, Substance |
| --Ine | Chemical, Chemical Compound, Substance |
| --Ism | Process, Condition |
| --Itis | Inflammation |
| --Ive | Substance that Produces |
| --Lytic | Pertaining to Breakdown/Destruction |
| --Megaly | Enlargement |
| --Meter | Measure |
| --Oma | Tumor, Mass |
| --Or | One who or Something that Takes Action or Does Something |
| --Osis | Process, Abnormal Condition |
| --Pathy | Disease |
| --Penia | Deficiency |
| --Plasty | Surgical Repair |
| --Pheresis | Removal |
| --Rrhexis | Rupture |
| --Sclerosis | Hardening, Thickening |
| --Stenosis | Narrowing, Tightening |
| --Stomy | Surgical Opening |
| --Tension | Pressure |
| --Tomy | Process of Cutting, Incision |
| --Trophy | Condition of Growth/Development |
| --Um | Structure, Tissue, Thing |
| --Us | Structure, Tissue, Thing |
| --Version | To Turn |