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Flashcards: Suffixes
-ac
Pertaining to.
-acusis
Condition of hearing.
-ad
Toward.
-ade
Process.
-ae
Plural.
-al
Pertaining to.
-algesia
Pain.
-algia
Condition of pain.
-ar
Pertaining to.
-ary
Pertaining to.
-asthenia
Weakness.
-atresia
Closure or absence of a normal body opening.
-capnia
Condition of carbon dioxide.
-cele
Hernia, swelling, protrusion.
-centesis
Surgical puncture.
-clasia
Break apart.
-clasis
Break apart.
-clast
Break apart.
-crit
To separate.
-cyesis
Pregnancy.
-desis
Surgical fixation, fusion.
-drome
Run, running.
-dynia
Condition of pain.
-ectasis
Expansion, dilation.
-ectomy
Surgical excision, removal.
-emesis
Vomiting.
-emetic
Pertaining to vomiting.
-emia
Condition of blood.
-genesis
Origin, cause.
-genic
Pertaining to producing, forming.
-gnosis
Knowledge.
-gram
A record or image.
-graph
Instrument for recording.
-graphy
Recording process.
-hemia
Condition of blood.
-ia
Condition of.
-ial
Pertaining to.
-iasis
Condition of.
-iatry
Treatment, specialty.
-ic
Pertaining to.
-ician
One who practices.
-ion
Process.
-ior
Pertaining to.
-ism
Condition or disease.
-ist
One who specializes.
-itis
Inflammation.
-lepsy
Seizure.
-lexia
Pertaining to a word or phrase.
-logist
One who studies.
-logous
Pertaining to study.
-logy
Study or science of.
-lysis
Loosen, dissolve.
-lytic
Pertaining to loosen, dissolve.
-malacia
Softening.
-mania
Madness, frenzy.
-megaly
Abnormally large.
-meter
Measure, measuring instrument.
-metrist
One who measures.
-metry
Measurement, process of measuring.
-oid
Resembling.
-oma
Tumor.
-opia
Condition of vision.
-opsy
View of.
-osis
Condition of.
-ous
Pertaining to.
-oxia
Condition of oxygen.
-partum
Birth.
-pathy
Disease.
-penia
Abnormal reduction in number, deficiency.
-pexy
Surgical fixation, suspension.
-phagia
Eating or swallowing.
-phasia
Speaking.
-phil
Loving, affinity for.
-philia
Loving, affinity for.
-phobia
Fear.
-phonia
Condition of sound or voice.
-phylaxis
Protection.
-physis
Growth.
-plasia
Formation, growth.
-plasty
Surgical repair.
-plegia
Paralysis.
-pnea
Breath.
-practic
Practice.
-ptosis
Drooping.
-ptysis
To cough up.
-rrhage
Abnormal discharge.
-rrhagia
Abnormal discharge.
-rrhagic
Pertaining to abnormal discharge.
-rrhaphy
Suturing.
-rrhea
Discharge.
-rrhexis
Rupture.
-s
Plural.
-salpinx
Trumpet, fallopian tube.
-sclerosis
Condition of hardening.
-scope
Instrument used for viewing.
-scopy
Process of viewing.
-sis
State of.
-spasm
Sudden, involuntary muscle contraction.
-spasmodic
Pertaining to a sudden, involuntary muscle contraction.
-stasis
Standing still.
-staxis
Dripping.
-stomy
Surgical creation of an opening.
-therapy
Treatment.
-tic
Pertaining to.
-tome
Cutting instrument.
-tomy
Incision, to cut.
-tripsy
Surgical crushing.
-troph
Development.
-uresis
Urination.
-uria
Pertaining to urine, urination.
-us
Pertaining to.
-y
Process of.