MULT 1100 Ch 2 - Suffixes

Suffixes

• indicate diseases or abnormal conditions

• indicate surgical procedures

• indicate diagnostic procedures

• indicate medical specialties or personnel

• can be used to convert word roots into adjectives

-algia

Pain condition

-apheresis

Removal

-asthenia

Weakness condition

-capnia

Carbon dioxide condition

-cele

Protrusion

-cide

To kill

-cytosis

Abnormal cell condition

-derma

Skin condition

-dipsia

Thirst condition

-dynia

Pain condition

-ectasis

Dilated

-edema

Swelling

-emetic

Pertaining to vomiting

-emia

Blood condition

-esthesia

Sensation condition

-ia

Condition

-iasis

Abnormal condition

-ism

State of

-itis

Inflammation

-kinesia

Movement condition

-lith

Stone

-lysis

To destroy

-lytic

Pertaining to destruction

-malacia

Abnormally soft condition

-megaly

Enlarged

-oma

Mass/Tumor

-opia

Vision condition

-osis

Abnormal condition

-osmia

Sense of smell condition

-oxia

Oxygen condition

-paresis

Weakness

-pathy

Disease

-penia

Condition of too few

-phagia

Swallowing or eating

-phasia

Speech condition

-phobia

Fear condition

-phonia

Voice condition

-plasia

Condition of cell formation

-plegia

Paralysis condition

-ptosis

Drooping

-rrhage

Abnormal flow

-rrhagia

Abnormal flow condition

-rrhea

Discharge

-rrhexis

Rupture

-sclerosis

Hardening

-spasm

Involuntary muscle contraction

-stasis

Standing still

-stenosis

Narrowing

-toxic

Pertaining to poison

-uria

Urine condition

-clasia

To surgically break

-desis

Surgical fusing

-ectomy

Surgical removal

-pexy

Surgical fixation

-plasty

Surgical repair

-rrhaphy

To suture

-stomy

Surgically create an opening

-tome

Instrument to cut

-tomy

Cutting into

-tripsy

Surgical crushing

-centesis

Puncture to withdraw fluid

-gram

A record

-graph

Instrument for recording

-graphy

Process of recording

-manometer

Instrument to measure pressure

-meter

Instrument for measuring

-metry

Process of measuring

-scope

Instrument for viewing

-scopy

Process of visually examining

-arche

Beginning

-cle

Small

-cyesis

Pregnancy

-cyte

Cell

-gen

That which produces

-genesis

Produces

-genic

Pertaining to producing

-globin

Protein

-globulin

Protein

-gravida

Pregnancy

-ion

Action

-oid

Resembling

-ole

Small

-opsy

View of

-para

To bear

-partum

Childbirth

-phil

Attracted to

-plasm

Formation

-pnea

Breathing

-poiesis

Formation

-porosis

Porous

-ptysis

Spitting

-salphinx

Uterine tube

-therapy

Treatment

-thorax

Chest

-trophic

Pertaining to development

-trophy

Development

-ule

Small

-er

One who

-iatric

Pertaining to medical treatment