Vet Tech Terms Ch 2: Suffixes

-AC, -AL, -AR, -IC, -OUS, -TIC, -ARY

• pertaining to

• relating to

-AD

• toward

-ALGIA, -ALGESIA

• pain

• sensitivity to pain

-ATE

• having

• resembling

• acting upon

-BLAST

• embryonic stage of development

• immature cell develops into specialized

-CAPNIA

• carbon dioxide

-CELE, -COEL

• protrusion

• cyst, cavity

• tumor

• hollow

-CENTESIS

• surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas

-CIDAL, -CIDE

• death

-CLE, -CULE, -OLE, -OLA, -ULE, -ULUM, -ULUS

• small

-CYTE, -CYTIC

• cell

-DESIS

• binding or surgical fusion

-DIPSIA

• thirst

-DUCT

• opening

-DYNIA

• pain in specific bodypart or organ

-ECTOMY

• surgical removal or cutting out

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-EMESIS

• vomit

-EMIA

• blood condition

-ENT, -ER, -IST, -OR

• person

• agent

-ESIS, -EXIA, -EXIS, -IA, -IASIS, -IGO, -ISM, -ITY, -OSIS, -SIS, -TION, -Y

• state

• condition

-FORM, -OID

• resembling

• shaped like

-GENESIS, -GENE

• development

• origin

-GRAM, -GRAPHY

• recording or picture

• written record or picture

-GRAPH

• instrument that records

• the process of records

-IBLE, -ILE

• capable

• able

-ITIS

• inflammation

-IZE

• use

• subject to

-LEPSY

• seizure

-LITH, -LITE, -LITHIASIS

• stone or calculus

• presence of stones

-LOGY

• science

• study of

-MALACIA

• abnormal softening

-MEGALY

• large

-OMA

• tumor

-OTOMY, -TOMY

• temp cutting into

-PARESIS

• weakness on one side

• partial paralysis

-PARTUM

• birth or labor

-PENIA

• deficiency of

• lack of

• abnormal reduction

-PEXY, -PEXIS

• surgical fixation

-PHAGE, -PHAGY

• eating

• devours

• destroys

-PHILIA

• attraction for

• increase in numbers

-PHOBIA

• abnormal fear or intolerance

-PHYLAXIS

• prevention or protection against disease

-PLASIA, -PLASTIC, -PLASM

• forming

• growing

• changing

• something made

-PLASTY

• surgical repair

• restoration of body part

-PNEA, -PNEIC

• breathing

• respiration

-PRANDIAL

• relating to meal

-RHAGE, -RHAGIA

• bursting forth

• rapid or severe fluid loss

-RRHAPHY, -RHAPHY

• suturing in place

• stitching

• repair

-RRHEA

• flow or discharge

-RRHEXIS, -RHEXIS

• rupture

• bursting of organ/bloodvessel/cell

-SARCOMA

• malignant tumor (life threatening)

-SCOPE

• instrument for examining

-SCOPY

• act of examining

-STOMY

• surgical opening

-TOME

• instrument for cutting

-TOMY

• cutting into

• making incision

-TRESIA

• opening

-VERT, -VERSION

• turning

• tilting of body part

-GNOSIS

• knowledge

-PHYTE

• produces abnormal growths

-CYESIS

• pregnancy