final exam suffixes/prefixes

-al

Pertaining to

-algia

pain

-arche

Beginning

-asthenia

Weakness, debility

-cardia

heart

-capnia

Carbon dioxide

-cele

Hernia, swelling

-centesis

Surgical puncture

-cide

killing

-clasis OR clasia

Break, surgical fracture

-cyte

cell

-desis

Binding, fixation of a bone or joint

-dynia

pain

-ectasis

Dilation, expansion

-ectomy

Excision, removal

-edema

swelling

-emia

Blood condition

-emesis

vomiting

-esthesia

feeling

-genesis

Forming, producing, origin

-gnosis

knowing

-gram

Record, writing

-graph

Instrument for recording

-pathy

disease

-penia

Decrease, deficiency

-pepsia

digestion

-pexy

Fixation ( of an organ)

-phagia

Eating, swallowing

-phasia

speech

-phil

attraction

-phobia

fear

-phonia

voice

-phylaxis

protection

-plegia

Paralysis

-plasty

Surgical repair

-prandial

meal

-ptosis

Prolapse, downward displacement

-ptysis

spitting

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhagia

Bursting forth (of)

-rrhexis

rupture

-rrhea

Discharge, flow

-graphy

Process of recording( radiological imaging)

-gravida

Pregnant woman

-ia

condition

-iasis

Abnormal condition produced by something specified

-ic

Pertaining to

-ism

condition

-is

Noun ending

-itis

inflammation

-iatry

Physician, treatment

-lith

stone

-logy

Study of

-logist

Specialist in the study of

-lysis

Separation, destruction, loosening

-kenesia

movement

-malacia

Softening

-meter

Instrument to measure

-metry

Process of measuring

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

tumor

-opia

vision

-orexia

appetite

-osis

Abnormal condition; increase(used with blood cells)

-osmia

smell

-ous

Pertaining to

-para

To bear offspring

-scope

Instrument to view/exam

-scopy

Process of examining/viewing

-stasis

Standing still

-spadias

Slit, fissure

-stenosis

Narrowing, stricture

-stomy

Forming an opening (mouth)

-taxia

Order, coordination

-thorax

chest

-tocia

Childbirth, labor

-tome

Instrument to cut

-tomy

incision

-tripsy

crushing

-trophy

Development, nourishment

-uria

urine

-ule

Minute/small

a-

without

An-

without

Anti-

against

Brady-

slow

Brachy-

short

Circum-

around

Contra-

against

Dia-

Through, across

Dys-

Difficult or bad or painful

Endo-

In, within

Epi-

Above, upon

Eu-

Good, normal

Multi-

Many, much

Neo-

new

Oligo-

scanty

Para-

Near, beside, beyond

Peri-

around

Primi-

first