Suffixes Flashcards by B -

-cide

causing death

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-gnosia

knowledge, to know

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-ian

specialist

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-scopic

pertaining to visual examination

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-ose

full of, pertaining to, sugar

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-iasis

abnormal condition, disease

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-uria

urination, urine

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-mania

obsessive preoccupation

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-iatry

field of medicine

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-penia

deficiency, lack, too few

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-tripsy

to crush

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-phylaxis

protection

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-ible

capable of, able to

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-ac

pertaining to

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-opia

vision condition

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-ific

making, producing

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-dilation

widening, stretching, expanding

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-cyte

cell

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-cytic

pertaining to a cell

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-emia

blood, blood condition

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-ax

noun ending

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-pathy

disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

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-phonia

sound, voice

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-dynia

pain

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-megaly

enlargement

-ion

action, process, state or condition

-an

characteristic of, pertaining to

-y

noun ending

-ine

pertaining to

-acusia, -acusis

hearing, sense of hearing

-esis

abnormal condition, disease

-malacia

abnormal softening

-tropin

to stimulate, act on

-phoria

to bear, carry, feeling, mental state

-iform

shaped or formed like, resembling

-phylactic

protective, preventive

-pexy

surgical fixation

-stasis, -static

control, maintenance of a constant level

-plegia

paralysis, stroke

-ary

pertaining to

-iatrist

specialist

-igo

attack, disease condition

-ole

little, small

-cusis

hearing

-leptic

to seize, take hold of

-sol

solution

-hexia

habit

-stenosis

abnormal narrowing

-ferent

carrying

-plakia

plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale

-ago

abnormal condition, disease

-plasty

surgical repair

-coccus

spherical bacteria

-gram

a picture or record

-ize

to make, to treat

-phil, -philia

attraction to, like, love

-acious

characterized by

-ule

small one

-physis

to grow

-oxia

oxygen condition

-plasm

formative material of cells

-dipsia

thirst

-ectomy

surgical removal, cutting out, excision

-logy

study of

-apheresis

removal

-fic

making, producing, forming

-gog, -gogue

make flow

-meter

measure, instrument used to measure

-ior

pertaining to

-mission

to send

-surgery

operative procedure

-dema

swelling (fluid)

-porosis

lessening in density, porous condition

-ist

a person who practices, specialist

-lytic

to reduce, destroy

-ive

performs, tends toward

-cyst

bladder, bag

-genic, -genesis

creation, reproduction

-tropic

having an affinity for

-graphy

the process of producing a picture or record

-sis

abnormal condition, disease

-ium

structure, tissue

-tic

pertaining to

-desis

to bind, tie together

-able

capable of, able to

-otia

ear condition

-oma

tumor

-ostomy

the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface

-thorax

chest, pleural cavity

-aria

connected with

-lithiasis

presence of stones

-stalsis

contraction, constriction

-amine

nitrogen compound

-ory

pertaining to

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing

-al

pertaining to

-crasia

a mixture or blending

-ferous

bearing, carrying, producing

-sthenia

strength

-metry

to measure

-tome

instrument to cut

-pnea

breathing

-kinesis

motion

-plastic

pertaining to formation

-ptysis

spitting

-poiesis

formation, to make

-verse, -version

to turn

-cele

hernia, tumor, swelling

-itis

inflammation

-ancy

state of

-iatrics

field of medicine, healing

-partum

childbirth, labor

-fusion

pour

-eal

pertaining to

-opsia, -opsis, -opsy

vision, view of

-dote

what is given

-ptosis

droop, sag, prolapse, fall

-iferous

bearing, carrying, producing

-crit

to separate

-tion

process, state of quality of

-algia

pain, suffering, painful condition

-ula

small, little

-pause

stopping

-pheresis

removal

-e

noun ending

-er

one who

-plegic

one affected with paralysis

-praxia

action, condition concerning the performance of movements

-rrhexis

rupture

-ase

enzyme

-eurysm

widening

-gene

producing, origin, formation

-arche

beginning

-ergy

work

-lysis

breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening

-spasm

sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, crampin

-lith

stone, calculus

-us

thing, singular noun ending

-mimetic

mimic, copy

-ation

state or action

-listhesis

slipping

-asthenia

weakness, lack of strength

-para

to give birth

-phyte

plant

-metrist

one who measures

-ectopy

displacement

-scope

instrument for visual examination

-otomy

cutting, surgical incision

-um

singular noun ending

-ectasis

stretching, dilation, enlargement

-tocia, -tocin

labor, birth

-oid

like, resembling

-stomosis, -stomy

furnish with a mouth or outlet, new opening

-parous

having borne one or more children

-lexia

word, phrase

-scopy

visual examination

-form

resembling, in the shape of

-ia

abnormal condition, disease, plural of -ium

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-osmia

smell, odor

-clasis, -clast

break down

-cytosis

condition of cells

-gen

producing, forming

-phasia

speak or speech

-prandial

meal

-ostosis

condition of bone

-graph

a picture or record, machine recording record

-one

hormone

-dural

pertaining to dura mater

-blast

embryonic, immature, formative element

-fida

split

-globulin

protein

-aise

comfort, ease

-orexia

appetite

-drome

to run, running

-fication

process of making

-lyst

agent that causes lysis or loosening

-emesis

vomiting

-lapse

to slide, fall, sag

-gravida

pregnant

-is

noun ending

-genous

producing

-paresis

partial or incomplete paralysis

-uresis

urination

-esthesia

sensation, feeling

-crine

secrete

-algesia, -algesic

painful, pain sense

-ar

pertaining to

-thymia

a state of mind

-duct

opening

-lepsy

seizure

-ician

specialist

-kinesia

movement

-isy

noun ending

-phoresis

carrying, transmission

-clysis

irrigation, washing together, with

-facient

making, producing

-tropia

turn, change

-ic

pertaining to

-ial

pertaining to

-praxis

act, activity, practice use

-trophy

development, nourishment

-rrhage, -rrhagia

bleeding, abnormal excessive fluid discharge

-sclerosis

abnormal hardening

-ologist

specialist

-edema

swelling

-plasia

development, growth, formation

-cyesis

pregnancy

-ile

capable of

-trite

instrument for crushing

-necrosis

tissue death

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-fuge

to drive away

-type

classification, picture

-pepsia

digest, digestion

-ism

condition, state of

-syndesis

surgical fixation of vertebrae

-pneic

pertaining to breathing

-clonus

violent action

-osis

abnormal condition, disease

-thymic

pertaining to the mind, relating to the thymus gland

-phthisis

wasting away, atrophy

-tomy

process of cutting

-pareunia

sexual intercourse

-ology

the science or study of

-agra

excessive pain, seizure, attack of severe pain

-cidal

pertaining to killing

-phobia

abnormal fear

-salpinx

uterine (Fallopian) tube

-opaque

obscure

-phage

a cell that destroys, eat, swallow

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