Ch. 6 Suffixes

-cyte

cell

-cytosis

pertains to cells and their functions

-esis

condition, sometimes refers to a disease process or a symptom

-ion

suggests an action

-spasm

an involuntary muscular contraction

-stasis

ceasing, remaining at a constant level

-stenosis

constricting or narrowing of an anatomical passage

-tion

process or state

-toxic

poisonous to

-uria

urine

-y

condition, process

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-clasis

to crush

-desis

fusion done through an operative procedure

-ectomy

surgical removal

-graphy

process of recording, x-ray or CT images

-gram

record, writing

-graph

instrument for recording

-meter

instrument for measuring

-metry

refers to the process of obtaining measurement

-opsy

to check or to examine

-pexy

a reparatory surgical prodecure

-plasty

surgical correction or repair

-rrhaphy

patching tissues up with sutures

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopy

process of visually examining

-stomy

new opening

-tomy

to cut

-algia

pain

-asthenia

lack of strength

-cele

pertains to a herniation or protrusion of a body organ

-dynia

pertains to pain

-ectasia

dilation

-ectasis

dilation

-edema

puffy swelling of tissue from the accumulation of fluid

-emesis

clinical term for vomiting

-emia

pertains to a blood condition

-ia

condition

-iasis

abnormal or unhealthy state

-ism

indicates a condition of

-itis

inflammation

-lith

suggesting presence of stone or calculus

-lysis

breakdown, death of

-lytic

decomposition of, inhibition of, annihilation of

-megaly

abnormal enlargement of

-malacia

softening/weakening of

-oma, -ma

abnormal mass, tumor

-osis

condition or state, often abnormal one

-pathy

disease or dysfunction

-penia

lack of

-phobia

extreme sensitivity to, irrational fear of

-plegia

meaning paralysis

-ptosis

prolapse, downward displacement

-rrhage, -rrhagia

abnormally excessive flow of, rupture of

-rrhea

excessive flow of a bodily discharge

-sclerosis

hardening

-rrhexis

rupture of a body organ or vessel

-ac

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-ous

pertaining to

-tic

pertaining to

-ize

to make; to treat or combine with

-ate

to make, to act

-genic

producing, originating, causing

-ory

having the function of

-ile

pertaining to

-ician

specialist

-trics

relates to medicine, doctors, or treatment

-iatry

medical profession

-ian

expert in a field of study

-ist

certified practitioner

-ologist

person who studies

-ology

study of

-um

structure; tissue; thing

-icle

small

-ole

small

-ula

small

-ule

small