Chapter 2 Suffixes
Suffix
-ac
-ad
-al
-algesia
-algia
-ant
-ar
-ary
-ase
-asthenia
-ate
-betes
-blast
Example
card/i/ac
cephal/ad
con/genit/al
an/algesia
dent/algia
malign/ant
muscul/ar
integument/ary
amyl/ase
neur/asthenia
exud/ate
dia/bêtes
oste/o/blast
-cele
-centesis
-cide
-clasis
-cle
-crit
-cusis
-cuspid
-cyst
-cyte
-derma
-desis
-dipsia
-drome
-dynia
-ectasis
-ectomy
-edema
-emesis
-er
-esis
cyst/o/cele
amni/o/centesis
sperm/i/cide
oste/o/clasis
aur/i/cle
hemat/o/crit
presby/cusis
bi/cuspid
blast/o/cyst
neur/o/cyte
xer/o/derma
arthr/o/desis
poly/dipsia
syn/drome
ot/o/dynia
bronch/i/ectasis
vas/ectomy
papill/edema
hyper/emesis
radi/o/graph/er
enur/esis
-gen
-genesis
-genic
-gram
-graph
-graphy
-ia
-iatry
muta/gen
spermat/o/genesis
path /o/genic
dactyl/o/gram
radi/o/graph
mamm/o/graphy
a/lopec/ia
pod/iatry
DEFINITION/MEANING
pertaining to (example = pertaining to the heart)
pertaining to (example = pertaining to the head)
pertaining to (example = pertaining to presence at birth)
condition of pain
pain, ache
forming
pertaining to (example = pertaining to the muscles)
pertaining to (example = pertaining to the skin or a covering)
enzyme
weakness
use, action, having the form of, possessing
to go
immature cell, embryonic cell, germ cell (NOTE: germ does not
refer to bacteria but rather to a cell that produces other cells)
hernia, tumor, swelling
surgical puncture
to kill
a break, crushing, breaking up
small (example = literally means “small ear”)
to separate
hearing
point
bladder, sac
cell
skin
binding
thirst
a course
pain, ache
dilatation, dilation, distention, stretching, expansion
surgical excision, surgical removal, resection
swelling
vomiting
relating to, one who
condition (example = condition of involuntary emission of urine;
bedwetting)
formation, produce
formation, produce
formation, produce
a weight, mark, record
instrument for recording, to write, record
recording
condition (example = condition of loss of hair; baldness)
treatment (example = treatment of diseases and disorders of the
foot)
-ic
norm/o/cephal/ic
-ician
obstetr/ician
-icle
-ide
-ile
-ion
-ior
ventr/icle
radi/o/nucl/ide
pen/ile
in/fect/ion
anter/ior
-ism
embol/ism
-ist
cardi/o/log/ist
-itis
-ive
-ize
-kinesis
-lepsy
-lexia
-liter
-logy
-lymph
-lysis
-malacia
-mania
-megaly
-meter
-metry
-mnesia
-noia
-oid
-ole
burs/it is
un/respons/ive
an/esthet/ize
hyper/kinesis
narc/o/lepsy
dys/lexia
milli/liter
gynec/o/logy
peri/lymph
lip/o/lysis
oste/o/malacia
pyro/mania
acr/o/megaly
audi/o/meter
pelvi/metry
a/mnesia
para/noia
ster/oid
bronchi/ole
-oma
-opia
-opsy
-or
-ose
-osis
-ous
carcin/oma
presby/opia
bi/opsy
turg/or
grandi/ose
hyper/hidr/osis
edemat/ous
-oxia
-pathy
hyp/oxia
retin/o/pathy
pertaining to (example = pertaining to a normal appearance of the
head as used in the objective description during a physical
examination)
physician, specialist (example = physician who specializes in
treating the female during pregnancy, childbirth, and the
postpartum)
small (example = literally means “little belly”)
having a particular quality
pertaining to (example = pertaining to the penis)
process
pertaining to (example = pertaining to a surface or part situated
toward the front of the body)
condition (example = condition in which a blood clot obstructs a
blood vessel)
physician, one who specializes (example = physician who
specializes in the study of the heart)
inflammation
nature of, quality of
to make, to treat or combine with
motion, movement
seizure
diction, word, phrase
liter
study of
clear fluid, serum, pale fluid
destruction, separation, breakdown, loosening, dissolution
softening
madness
enlargement, large
instrument to measure, measure
measurement
memory
mind
resemble, like, similar
small opening (example = one of the smaller subdivisions of the
bronchial tubes)
tumor, mass, fluid collection
sight, vision
to view
one who, a doer
pertaining to (example = pertaining to a feeling of greatness)
condition of (example = condition of excessive sweating)
pertaining to (example = pertaining to an abnormal condition in
which the body tissues contain an accumulation of fluid)
oxygen
disease, emotion
-penia
-pepsia
-pexy
-phagia
-phasia
-pheresis
-phil
-phobia
-plasia
-plasm
-plasty
-plegia
-pnea
-ptosis
-ptysis
-rrhage
-rrhaphy
-rrhea
-rrhexis
-scope
-scopy
-spasm
-stasis
-staxis
-stomy
-therapy
-thermy
-tic
thromb/o/cyt/o/penia
dys/pepsia
gastr/o/pexy
a/phagia
dys/phasia
plasma/pheresis
bas/o/phil
acr/o/phobia
hyper/plasia
neo/plasm
rhin/o/plasty
hemi/plegia
sleep a/pnea
blephar/o/ptosis
hem/o/ptysis
hem/o/rrhage
my/o/rrhaphy
rhin/o/rrhea
hyster/o/rrhexis
ophthalm/o/scope
lapar/o/scopy
my/o/spasm
meta/stasis
bronch/o/staxis
ile/o/stomy
therm/o/therapy
hydro/thermy
cyan/o/tic
-tome
-tomy
-tripsy
-trophy
-ula
-ule
derma/tome
myring/o/tomy
lith/o/tripsy
hyper/trophy
mac/ula
pust/ule
-um
-uria
-us
-y
epi/thel/i/um
hemat/uria
de/cubit/us
cardi/o/pulmonar/y
lack of, deficiency, abnormal reduction, decrease
to digest
surgical fixation
to eat, to swallow
to speak, speech
removal, remove
attraction
fear
formation, produce, development
a thing formed, plasma
surgical repair
paralysis, stroke, palsy
breathing
drooping, prolapse, sagging, falling down
spitting, to spit
to burst forth, bursting forth
suture
flow, discharge
rupture, breaking
instrument for examining
to view, examine, visual examination
tension, spasm, contraction (usually involuntary)
control, stop, stand still
dripping, trickling
new opening
treatment
heat
pertaining to (example = pertaining to an abnormal condition of the
skin and mucous membranes caused by oxygen deficiency in the
blood)
instrument to cut
incision
crushing
nourishment, development
small (example = small spot or discolored area of the skin)
small (example = small, elevated, circumscribed lesion of the skin
that is filled with pus)
tissue, structure
urination, condition of urine
pertaining to, structure (ex = pertaining to a bedsore)
process, condition, pertaining to (ex = pertaining to the heart and
lungs)
TERM
abrasion
WORD PARTS
abaway from
ras
to scrape off
-ion
process
anesthetize
anesthet
arousal
-ize
arous
asymmetrical
-al
a-
asystole
comatose
dysarthria
symmetric
-al
asystole
comat
-ose
--
epithelium
epithel/i
-um
exogenous
ex(o)gen
grandiose
gynecold
hypertrophy
infection
irregular
-ous
grand/i
-ose
gynec
-old
hyper-trophy
infect
-ion
irregul
-ar
MEANING/DEFINITION
process of scraping away from a surface, such as skin or teeth, by
friction. An abrasion may be the result of trauma, such as a
“skinned knee” or from a therapy, such as dermabrasion of the skin
for removal of scar tissue. It can also occur from the wearing down
of a tooth from mastication (chewing)
without, lack to induce a loss of feeling or sensation with the administration of
of
an anesthetic
feeling,
sensation
to make
alertness, to pertaining to a state of alertness
rise
pertaining to
lack of,
unequal in size or shape; without proportion of the body or parts of
without
the body; different in placement or arrangement about an axis
symmetry
pertaining to
without
literally means without contraction of the heart; a life-threatening
cardiac condition characterized by the absence of electrical and
contraction
mechanical activity in the heart
a deep sleep pertaining to a state of deep sleep (coma)
pertaining to
-difficult articulation of speech, resulting from interference in the
control over the muscles of speech, usually caused by damage to a
central or peripheral motor nerve
upon, above structure that covers the internal and external organs of the body
and the lining of vessels, body cavities, glands, and organs; it is the
nipple
layer of cells forming the outermost layer of the skin and the
tissue,
surface layer of mucous and serous membranes
structure
out
pertaining to originating outside the body or an organ of the body
or produced from external causes, such as a disease caused by a
formation,
bacterial or viral agent foreign to the body
produce
pertaining to
great
pertaining to a feeling of greatness; in psychiatry, it refers to a
pertaining to person’s unrealistic and exaggerated concept of self-worth,
importance, wealth, and ability
female
to resemble a female
resemble
excessive
literally means excessive nourishment; the increase in the size of an
nourishment organ, structure, or the body caused by an increase in the size of
cells rather than the number of cells; also called overgrowth
to infect
process whereby a pathogenic microorganism invades the body,
reproduces, multiplies, and causes disease
process
not
pertaining to not being regular
rule
pertaining to
nasolabial
palpate
steroid
trauma
turgor
nas/o
labi
-al
palp
-ate
ster
-oid
--
nose
lip
pertaining to
touch
use, action
solid
resemble
--
turg
-or
swelling
one who
pertaining to the nose and lip
to use the hands or fingers to examine by touch; to feel
literally means resembling a solid substance; applies to any one of
a large group of substances chemically related to sterols
physical injury or wound caused by external force, violence, or a
toxic substance; also refers to psychological injury resulting from a
severe emotional shock, which can cause disordered feelings and/or
behavior
generally refers to the expected resiliency of the skin caused by the
outward pressure of the cells and interstitial fluid; an evaluation of
the skin turgor is an essential part of physical assessment