Ch 2: Suffixes

-centesis (amni/o/centesis)

surgical puncture (puncturing needle to withdraw amniotic fluid)

-clasis (oste/o/clasis)

surgical fracture (“breaking” of bones to correct fix them)

-desis (ten/o/desis)

binding (binding of tendons to bones)

-ectomy (hemorrhoid/ectomy)

excision, surgical removal (excision of hemorrhoids)

-lysis (arthr/o/lysis)

destruction, loosening (surgical freeing of stiff joint)

-pexy (mast/o/pexy)

surgical fixation, reposition (breast lift)

-plasty (mamm/o/plasty)

surgical repair, reconstruct (breast implants or reduction)

-rrhaphy (cyst/o/rrhaphy)

suturing, stiching (suture of urinary bladder)

-stomy (trache/o/stomy)

forming “permanent” opening (forming opening into trachea to insert breathing tube)

-tomy (lith/o/tomy)

incision, “temporary” opening (incision made to remove stone or calculus)

-tripsy (lith/o/tripsy)

crushing (crushing of stone)

-tome (oste/o/tome)

instrument to cut… bone

-gram (electr/o/cardi/o/gram)

recording itself (recording of the electrical activity of the heart)

-graph (electr/o/cardi/o/graph)

instrument used for recording… the electrical activity of the heart

-graphy (electr/o/cardi/o/graphy)

process of recording… the electrical activity of the heart

-meter (therm/o/meter)

insutrument used for measuring.. heat

-metry (anthrop/o/metry)

process of measuring… human body

-scopy (colon/o/scopy)

process of examining/ visual examination

-scope (micr/o/scope)

instrument used to examine

-algia (mast/algia)

pain (breast pain)

-dynia (mast/o/dynia)

pain (breast pain)

-ectasis (bronchi/ectasis)

dialtion, expansion (of)… bronchus

-edema (lymph/edema)

swelling, excess fluid

-cele (hepat/o/cele)

swelling, hernia, protrusion

-emesis (hemat/emesis)

vommiting (of blood)

-emia (hypo/glyc/emia)

blood condition (low blood sugar condition)

-itis (arthr/itis)

inflammation (of)… joints

-megaly (acr/o/megaly)

enlargement (of) extremeties

-pathy (psych/o/pathy)

disease (of)… mind

-trophy (dys/trophy)

nourishment, development

-plasia (neo/plasia)

growth, formation

-plasm (cyt/o/plasm)

formative material (formative material of cell)

-plegia (hemi/plagia)

paralysis (paralysis on one half of body)

-rrhea (dia/rrhea) (rhin/o/rrhea)

discharge (discharge from nose, runny nose)

-spasm (blephar/o/spasm)

involuntary muscle contraction (of)… eyelid

-stenosis (trache/o/stenosis)

narrowing of passage (narrowing of trachea)

-toxic (hepat/o/toxic)

poisin (toxic to liver)

-ac (cardi/ac)

pertaining to

-al (ren/al)

pertaining to

-ar (musul/ar)

pertaining to

-ary (pulmon/ary)

pertaining to

-ic (thorac/ic)

pertaining to

-ile (tact/ile)

pertaining to

-tic (acous/tic)

pertaining to

-ical (psycholog/ical)

pertaining to

-eal (laryng/eal)

pertaining to

-ior (poster/ior)

pertaining to

-ous (subcutane/ous)

pertaining to

-esis (diur/esis)

condition

-ia (pnemon/ia)

condition

-ism (hyper/thyroid/ism)

condition

-y (neur/o/path/y)

condition

-iatry (psych/iatry)

treatment

-ician (pedratr/ician)

specialist

-ist (gynocolog/ist)

specialist

-icle (ventr/icle)

small… cavity

-ule (tub/ule)

small… tube

-ole (arteri/ole)

small… artery

plural of append/ix

append/ices

plural of vertebr/a

vertebr/ae

plural of stimul/us

stimul/i

plural of bacteri/um

bacteri/a

plural of spermatozo/on

spermatozo/a

plural of diagnos/is

diagnos/es

-prandial (post/prandial)

meal (after a meal)

-gnosis (pro/gnosis)

knowledge (before knowledge; prediction)

-phlaxis (pro/phlaxis)

protection (advanced protection; prevention)

-ceps (bi/ceps)

muscle head (two muscle heads)

-opia (dipl/opia)

vision (double vision)

-gravida (primi/gravida)

pregnant women (women pregnant for first time)

-para (multi/para)

giving birth (women giving birth many times)

-phobia (poly/phobia)

fear (fear of many things)

-uria (dys/uria)

urine condition (painful urination condition)

-phagia (poly/phagia)

eating (excessive eating)

-phagia (dys/phagia)

swallowing (difficulty swallowing)

-dipsia (poly/dipsia)

thrist (extreme thirst)

-duction (ad/duction)

leading or movement (movement of limb towards body)

-kinesia (brady/kinesia)

movement (slow movement)

-crine (endo/crine)

secreting (secreting internally)

-tropia (exo/tropia)

truning (outward turning of eyes)

-taxia (a/taxia)

coordination (lack of corrdination)

-pathy (a/pathy)

feeling (lack of feeling)

-lalia (brady/lalia)

speech (slow speech)

-pnea (tachy/pnea)

breathing (fast breathing)

-pepsia (dys/pepsia)

digestion (bad digestion)

-graft (hetero/graft)

transplant (transplant of tissue between different species)

-esthesia (an/esthesia)

sensation, feeling (without sensation)

-cyesis (pseudo/cyesis)

pregnancy (false pregnancy)