Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured 12th Edition CH 5 Common Suffixes

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pertaining to pain

-asthenia

weakness

-blast

immature cell

-cele

pertaining to a tumor or swelling

-centesis .

cavity , often to drain excess fluid or obtain pertaining to puncturing an organ or body a sample for analysis

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

surgical removal of

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

pertaining to the presence of a substance in the blood

-esthesia

pertaining to sensation or perception

-genic

causing

-gram

record

-graph

a record or the instrument used to create the record

-ia

condition of

-IC

pertaining to

-itis

inflammation

-lysis

decline , disintegration , or destruction

-megaly

enlargement of

-meter

measuring instrument

-ology

science or study of

-oma

tumor

-osis

pertaining to a disease process ( see also - sis )

-ostomy

surgical creation of an opening

-pathy

disease or a system for treating disease

-phagia

pertaining to eating or swallowing

-phasia

pertaining to speech

-phobia

pertaining to an irrational fear

-plasty

plastic surgery

-plegia

paralysis

-pnea

pertaining to breathing

-ptosis

drooping

-rrhage

abnormal or excessive flow or discharge

-rrhagia

abnormal or excessive flow or discharge

-rrhaphy

suture of , repair of

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-scope

instrument for examination

-scopy

examination with an instrument

-sis

a process , action , or condition ( see also-osis)

-stasis

slowing or stopping of the normal flow of a fluid , such as blood

-taxis

order , arrangement of

-trophic

pertaining to nutrition