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med term
chapt. 7 suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| al, ar, ic, ical, tic | pertaining to |
| ation | process, condition |
| blast | developing cell |
| capnia | carbon dioxide |
| cide | to kill (pesticide) |
| crit | to seperate |
| cyte | cell |
| ectomy | surgical removal, excision |
| emia | blood condition |
| emic | pertaining to blood condition |
| fuge | to seperate by spinning |
| fusion | to pour, to come together |
| gen | substance that produces |
| globulin | protein |
| ia | condition |
| in, ine | chemical, chemical compound, substance |
| logist/logy | specialist/study of |
| lysis | breakdown, separation, loosening |
| lytic | pertaining to breakdown/destruction |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oma | tumor, mass |
| osis | process, abnormal condition |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | deficiency |
| phage | eat, swallow |
| pheresis | removal |
| phil, philia | love, affection for |
| phoresis | transmission, carrying |
| plasm | formation, structure |
| plastic | pertaining to formation |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| poiesis | formation |
| rrhage | rupture, bursting forth (of blood) |
| sis | state, condition |
| stasis | stoppage of flow |
| suppression | to stop |
| therapy | treatment |
| tomy | process of cutting, incision |