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Chapter 3 Suffixes
Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -a | a noun ending ex. cyanoderma |
| -emia | blood condition ex. hyperglycemia |
| -ia | condition ex. paraplegia |
| -iatry | medical treatment, medical profession ex. podiatry |
| -ion | action, process ex. conduction |
| -ism | condition ex. hirsutism |
| -ist | practitioner ex. pharmacist |
| -ole | small or little ex. ateriole |
| -osis | condition ex. cyanosis |
| -tion | process of ex. relaxation |
| -y | y is a noun ending ex. myopathy |
| -ac | pertaining to ex. cardiac |
| -al | pertaining to ex. duodenal |
| -ar | pertaining to ex. ventricular |
| -ary | pertaining to; relating to ex. pulmonary |
| -eal | pertaining to ex. esophageal |
| -ic | pertaining to ex. thoracic |
| -ical | pertaining to (combination of ic & al) ex. neurological |
| -oid | resembling ex. mucoid |
| -ous | pertaining to ex. venous |
| -tic | pertaining to ex. cyanotic |
| -ician | specialist in a field of study ex. obstetrician |
| -iatrics | relating to medicine, physicians, or medical treatment ex. psychiatry |
| -iatry | medical treatment, medical profession ex. psychiatry |
| -iatrist | one who treats; a physician ex. psychiatrist |
| -ian | specialist in a field of study ex. geritrician |
| -ist | practitioner ex. pharmacist |
| -logist | one who specializes in the study of ex. biologist |
| -logy | the study of ex. biology |
| -centesis | surgical puncture ex. amniocentesis |
| -clasis | crushing or breaking up ex. osteoclasis |
| -ectomy | surgical removal ex. appendectomy |
| -gram | record or picture ex. electrocardigram |
| -graph | an instrument used to record ex. electrocardiograph |
| -graphy | process of recording ex. electrocardiography |
| -lysis | destruction or detachment ex. dialysis |
| -meter | an instrument used to measure ex. pelvimeter |
| -metry | the process of measuring ex. pelvimetry |
| -pexy | surgical fixation ex. colpopexy |
| -plasty | surgical repair ex. rhinoplasty |
| -rrhapy | suturing ex. nephrorrhaphy |
| -scope | an instrument used to view ex. ophthalmoscope |
| -scopy | the process of viewing with a scope ex. ophthalmoscopy |
| -stomy | the surgical creation of an opening. ex. colostomy |
| -tomy | incision into ex. phelbotomy |
| -cyte | cell ex. leukocyte |
| -dynia | pain ex. cephalodynia |
| -ectasia | stretching or dilatation ex. gastrectasia |
| -genesis | generating; formation ex. lithogenesis |
| -genic | pertaining to, formation, producing ex. lithogenic |
| -gravida | pregnancy ex. multigravida |
| -iasis | presence of abnormal condition ex. cholelithiasis |
| -iatrician | one who treats; physician ex. pediatrician |
| -lepsy | seizure, attack ex. narcolepsy |
| -lith | stone ex. rhinolith |
| -lithiasis | presence or formation of stones ex. cholethiasis |
| -lytic | destruction ex. keratolytic |
| -mania | a mental disorder; a madness ex. megalomania |
| -megaly | enlargement ex. cardiomegaly |
| -oma | tumor ex. lipoma |
| -opia | visual condition ex. myopia |
| -pathy | disease ex. adenopathy |
| -penia | decrease in; deficiency ex. leukocytopenia |
| -philia | attracted to ex. necrophilia |
| -phobia | abnormal fear ex. necrophobia |
| -plasia | formation or development ex. hyperplasia |
| -plegia | paralysis ex. hemiplehia |
| -pnea | breathing ex. dyspnea |
| -ptosis | drooping or prolapse ex. colpoptosis |
| rrhagia | excessive flow or discharge ex. gastrorrhagia |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow ex. rhinorrhea |
| -rrhexis | rupture ex. arteriorrhexis |
| -stasis | stopping or controlling ex. hemostasis |
| -tripsy | intentional crushing ex. lithotripsy |
| -ula | small, little ex. macula |
| -uria | a characteristic of urine ex. hematuria |
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