Medical Suffixes Vocabulary

A set of vocabulary flashcards defining medical suffixes from the lecture notes.

-ac

Pertaining to

-al

Pertaining to

-opsy

View of

-algia

Pain

-coccus

Berry-shape bacteria

-cyte

Cell

-dynia

Pain

-eal

Pertaining to

-ectomy

surgical removal/excision

-emia

Blood condition

-genic

Produced by or in

-globin

Protein

-gram

Record

-graph

Instrument for recording

-graphy

Process of recording

-ia

Condition

-iac

Pertaining to

-ic

Pertaining to

-ion

Process

-ior

Pertaining to

-ism

Process

-ist

Specialist

-itis

Inflammation

-logy

Study (process of)

-lysis

breakdown

-malacia

Softening

-megaly

Enlargement

-oma

Tumor

-osis

Condition, usually abnormal

-ous

Pertaining to

-pathy

Disease

-penia

Deficiency

-plasia

Development

-plasty

Surgical repair

-scope

Instrument for visual examination

-scopy

Visual examination

-sis

State of

-tomy

Process of cutting

-a

Without

ab-

Away from

ad-

Toward

an-

Without

ana-

Up

ante-

Before

anti-

Against

auto-

Self

bi-

Two

cata-

Down

contra-

Against

dys-

Bad

endo-

Within

epi-

Above

ex-

Out

hemi-

half

hyper-

Above

hypo-

Below

inter-

Between

intra-

Within

mal-

Bad

meta-

Change

micro-

Small

para-

Beside

peri-

Surrounding

post-

After

pre-

Before

sub-

Under

trans-

Through

abdomin/o

Abdomen

anter/o

front

cyt/o

Cell

dist/o

Distant

later/o

Side

medi/o

Middle

nucle/o

Nucleus

poster/o

back(of body)

thorac/o

Chest

umbilic/o

Umbilicus(navel)

ventr/o

Belly side of body

viscer/o

Internal organs

dors/o

Back(of body)