Allen School chapt 2 suffixes
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| -oid | resemble
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| lip/o | fat
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| -lysis | destruction, separation, breakdown, loosening, dissolution
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| electr/o | electricity
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| -algesia | a condition of pain
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| -ant | forming
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| -ase | enzyme
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| -ate | use, action, having form of, possessing
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| -blast | immature cell, germ cell, embryonic cell
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| -cide | to kill
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| -crit | to separate
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| -cuspid | point
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| -cyst | bladder, sac
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| -dipsia | thirst
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| -drome | that which runs together
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| -er | relating to, one who
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| -gen | formation, produce
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| -genesis | formation, produce
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| -ide | having a particular quality
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| --ive | nature of, quality of
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| -liter | liter
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| -logy | study of
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| -lymph | clear fluid, serum, pale fluid
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| -or | one who, a doer
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| -phil | attraction
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| -stasis | control, stop, stand still
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| -therapy | treatment
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| -um | tissue, structure
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| -uria | urination, condition of urine
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| -ac | pertaining to
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| -ad | pertaining to
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| -al | pertaining to
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| -ar | pertaining to
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| -ary | pertaining to
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| -ic | pertaining to
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| -ile | pertaining to
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| -ior | pertaining to
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| -ose | pertaining to
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| -ous | pertaining to
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| -tic | pertaining to
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| -us | pertaining to
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| -y | pertaining to, process, condition
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| -esis | condition, treatment, specialist
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| -ia | condition, treatment, specialist
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| -iatry | condition, treatment, specialist
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| -ician | condition, treatment, specialist
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| -ism | condition, treatment, specialist
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| -ist | condition, treatment, specialist
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| -osis | condition, treatment, specialist
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| -icle | small, minute
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| -ole | small, minute
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| -ula | small, minute
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| -ule | small, minute
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| -ecstasis | dilation, distention, stretching, expansion
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| -genic | formation, produce
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| -gram | a weight, mark, record
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| -penia | lack of, deficiency, abnormal reduction
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| -plasm | a thing formed, plasma
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| -plegia | stroke, paralysis, palsy
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| -ptosis | prolapse, drooping, falling down, sagging
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| -rrhea | flow, discharge
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| -scopy | to view, examine, visual examination
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| -spasm | tension, spasm, contraction
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| -staxis | dripping, trickling
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| -trophy | nourishment, development
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| -algia | pain, ache
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| -asthenia | weakness
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| -betes | to go
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| -cele | hernia, tumor, swelling
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| -cusis | hearing
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| -derma | skin
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| -dynia | pain, ache
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| -edema | swelling
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| -emesis | vomiting
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| -ion | process
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -kinesis | motion
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| -lepsy | seizure
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| -lexia | diction, word, phrase
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| -malacia | softening
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| -mania | madness
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| -megaly | enlargement, large
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| -mnesia | memory
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| --noia | mind
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| -oma | tumor
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| -opia | sight, vision
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| -oxia | oxygen
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| -pathy | disease, emotion
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| -pepsia | to digest
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| -phagia | to eat, to swallow
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| -phasia | to speak, speech
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| -phobia | fear
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| -plasia | formation, produce
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| -pnea | breathing
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| -ptysis | spitting
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| -rrhage | bursting forth
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| -rrhexis | rupture
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| -centesis | surgical puncture
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| --clasis | a break
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| -desis | a binding
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| -ectomy | surgical excision, surgical removal, resection
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| -graph | instrument for recording
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| -ize | to make, treat, or combine with
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| -meter | instrument to measure, measure
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| -metry | measurement
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| -opsy | to view
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| -plexy | surgical fixation
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| -pheresis | remove
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| -plasty | surgical repair
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| -rrhaphy | suture
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| -scope | instrument for examining
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| -stomy | new opening
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| -tome | instrument to cut
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| -tomy | incision
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| -tripsy | crushing
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| ab- | away from
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| ras | to scrape off
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| abrasion | process of scraping away from a surface, such as skin or teeth, by friction
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| esthet | feeling, sensation
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| anesthetize | to induce a loss of feeling or sensation with the administration of an anesthetic
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| arous | alertness, to rise
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| arousal | pertaining to the state of alertness or consciousness
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| symmetric | symmetry
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| asymmetrical | unequal in size or shape. Without proportion of the body or parts of the body; different placement or arrangement about an axis
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| systole | contraction
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| asystole | literally means without contraction of the heart; life threatening condition cardiac condition characterized by the absence of electrical and mechanical activity in the heart
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| comat | a deep sleep
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| comatose | literally means pertaining to a state of deep sleep (coma); total lack of consciousness
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| thel/i | nipple
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| epithelium | structure that covers the internal and external organs of the body and lining vessels, body cavities, glands, and organs. It is the layer of cells forming the outermost layer of skin and the surface layer of the mucous and serous membranes
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| ex(o)- | out
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| exogenous | pertaining to originating outside the body or an organ of the body or produced from external causes, such as a disease caused by a bacterial or viral agent foreign to the body
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| grand/i | great
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| grandiose | pertaining to a feeling of greatness
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| gynecoid | literally means to resemble a female
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| hypertrophy | literally means excessive nourishment; the increase in size of an organ, structure, or the body caused by an increase in the size of the cells rather than the number of the cells; also called overgrowth
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| infection | process whereby a pathogenic(disease-producing) microorganism invades the body, reproduces, multiplies, and causes disease
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| ir- | not
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| regul | rule
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| irregular | pertaining to not being regular
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| nas/o | nose
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| libi | lip
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| nasolabial | pertaining to the nose and lip
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| palp | touch
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| palpate | to use the hands or fingers to examine by touch; to feel
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| ster | solid
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| steroid | literally means resembling a solid substance; applies to any one of a large group of substances chemically related to sterols; natural steroids hormones include the androgens, estrogens, and adrenal cortex sections
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| trauma | physical injury or wound caused by external force, violence, or toxic substance; also refers to psychological injury resulting from severe emotional shock, which can cause disordered feelings and/or behavoir
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| turg | swelling
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| turgor | generally refers to the expected resiliency of the skin caused by outward pressure of the cells and interstitial fluid. An evaluation of turgor is an essential part of physical assessment.
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