Hosa Med Term ALL Suffixes

-able

-ible

-ile

capable of, able to

• -ac

• -ac

• -al

• -an

• -ar

• -ary

pertaining to (beginning with a)

-acious

characterized by

• -ago

• -esis

• -ia

• -iasis

• -osis

• -sis

abnormal condition, disease

-agra

excessive pain, seizure

-aise

comfort/ease

• -eal

• -ial

• -ic

• -ical

• -ine (partly)

• -ior

• -nic

• -ory

• -ous

• -tic

pertaining to

-algia

-dynia

pain

-amine

nitrogen compound

-ancy

state of

-apheresis

-pheresis

removal

-arche

beginning

-aria

connected with

-ase

enzyme

-asthenia

weakness/lack of strength

• -ion

• -ism

• -ation

• -tion

condition/state

• -a

• -e

• -is

• -y

Noun endings (grammar only)

• -ae

• -i

plural noun endings

-um

-us

Singular noun endings

-blast

(ex: Osteoblast: A cell responsible for bone FORMATION and mineralization.)

embryonic/formative (state of development)

-cele

hernia, tumor

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

-cide

causing death

-clasis

(CLASIS = clash → BREAK DOWN

osteoclasis = bone breaking to fix something)

break down

-crasia

a mixture or blending

-crine

to secrete

-crit

(hematocrit: SEPERATES blood)

to separate

-cusis

hearing

-cyte

cell

-derma

skin

-desis

(“DESIS = tie this” → you’re binding it together)

(ex: arthrodesis- surgical fusion of a joint )

to bind/tie together

-dipsia

thirst

-dote

what is given

-drome

to run, running

-duct

(ex:

oviduct (tube carrying an egg)

abduct (lead away)

adduct (lead toward)

ductule (a small duct)

tube, carry/lead

-ectasis

ectasis sounds like expand = STRETCHING

stretching/dilation/enlargement

-ectomy

surgical removal/cutting out/excision

-ectopy

(think ectopic pregnancy)

displacement

-edema

swelling

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

blood/blood condition

-er

one who

-esthesia

sensation/feeling

-eurysm

widening

• -fic

• -ific

• -gen

• -genous

forming/producing/making

-fication

process of making

-fida

split

-fusion

to come together

• -form

• -iform

• -oid

resembling, in the shape of

-gene

production, origin, formation

• -gene

• -genesis

• -genic

creation, (reproduction, origin)

-genous

producing

-globin

protein

• -gram

• -graph (could be machine for producing a record)

• -graphy (producing pic/record)

a picture or record

-gravida

pregnant

-iatrics

field of medicine, healing

-iatrist

-ician

-ist

-ologist

specialist (one who practices)

-iatry

field of medicine

-iferous

bearing, carrying, producing

-in

a substance or chemical

-itis

inflammation

-ium

structure, tissue

-ive

performs, tends towards

-ize

to make, to treat

-kinesis

movement

-lepsy

seizure

-leptic

to seize, take hold of

-lexia

word, phrase

-listhesis

slipping

-lith

stone, calculus

-lithiasis

presence of stones

-logy

-ology

-log

study of

• lysis

• -lytic

• -lyst

breakdown, separation, destruction, loosening

-malacia

abnormal softening

-mania

madness, obsession

-megaly

enlargement

• -meter (instrument)

• -metry

• -metrist (one who measures)

measure

-mission

sending

-mnesia

memory

-necrosis

tissue death

-oma

tumor

-one

hormone

-opaque

not transparent

-opsia

-opia

vision/ vision condition

-opsy

viewing

-orexia

appetite

-ose

full of, sugar

-osmia

smell

-ostomy

-stomy

surgical opening

-otomy

-tomy

cutting

-para

(think about parade when someone gives birth)

to give birth

-paresis

(think PARtial paralySIS)

partial paralysis

-pareunia

(think sounds like PARtner UNIon , which is intercourse)

sexual intercourse

-parous

(think PAR, parent, having borne children required to be a parent)

having borne children

-partum

childbirth

-path y

disease

-pause

stopping

-penia

(Think of a "piña colada" that is lacking alcohol, which can help remind you that -penia indicates a shortage)

deficiency

-pepsia

digestion

-pexy

surgical fixation