Suffixes

These flashcards cover medical suffixes and their definitions, aiding in understanding and memorization of terminology.

-ac

Pertaining to.

-al

Pertaining to.

-an

Pertaining to.

-ar

Pertaining to.

-eal

Pertaining to.

-iac

Pertaining to.

-ial

Pertaining to.

-ic

Pertaining to.

-ical

Pertaining to.

-ile

Pertaining to.

-ine

Pertaining to.

-ior

Pertaining to.

-ouse

Pertaining to.

-tic

Pertaining to.

-y

Pertaining to.

-ase

Enzyme.

-algia

Pain.

-ation

Condition.

-ema

Condition.

-esis

Condition

-exia

Condition.

-exis

Condition.

-centesis

Surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas.

-cyte

Cell.

-cytosis

Increase in cell number.

-desis

Fixation; bind.

-drome

To run.

-ectomy

Removal; excision; resection.

-emia

Blood condition.

-emic

Pertaining to a blood condition.

-genic

Produced by or in

-gram

The record.

-graph

Pertaining to.

-graphy

Process of recording.

-ia

Condition.

-ism

Condition.

-iasis

Abnormal condition.

-ion

Process.

-ism

Process; condition

-ist

Specialist.

-itis

Inflammation.

-lith

Stone.

-logy

Study of.

-lysis

Reduction; breakdown, separation, destruction.

-lytic

Pertaining to breakdown or destruction.

-megaly

Enlargement.

-metry

Measurement.

-oma

Tumor; mass; fluid collection.

-one

Hormone.

-opsy

View of.

-osis

Abnormal condition.

-otic

Pertaining to an abnormal condition.

-pathy

Disease condition; emotion.

-pexy

Fixation.

-plasia

Formation, growth.

-pnea

Breath; pertaining to.

-pneic

Breath; pertaining to

-plasm

Formation.

-raphy

Suturing.

-scope

Instrument for visual examination.

-scopy

Visual examination; pertaining to.

-scopic

Visual examination; pertaining to

-sis

State of; condition.

-stasis

Stability; stoppage of activity; place.

-stomy

An opening (new, created).

-therapy

Treatment.

-tomy

Incision; cutting into.

-trophy

Development.

-type

Classification.

-uria

Urine, condition of.

Suffixes

Alter the meaning of the overall term

When a suffix has multiple meanings

It is the combining form that helps determine the correct definition