Ch. 2: Suffixes
pertaining to
-ac -al -ar -ary -eal -ic -ical -ile -ior -ous -tic
Pathological
________________ suffixes describe an abnormal condition or disease.
Surgical
_________________ suffixes describe a type of invasive procedure on a body part.
Diagnostic
__________________ suffixes denote a procedure or test performed to identify the cause and nature of an illness.
Grammatical
_____________________ suffixes form parts of speech, such as adjectives or nouns, or singular/plural forms of medical words.
-iasis
suffix meaning abnormal condition
-osis
suffix meaning abnormal condition
-sclerosis
suffix meaning abnormal condition of hardening
-meter
suffix meaning an instrument for measuring
-desis
suffix meaning binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
-emia
suffix meaning blood condition
-rrhage
suffix meaning bursting forth
-y
suffix meaning condition, process
-tripsy
suffix meaning crushing
-penia
suffix meaning decrease, deficiency
-rrhea
suffix meaning discharge, flow
-pathy
suffix meaning disease
-phagia
suffix meaning eating, swallowing
-megaly
suffix meaning enlargement
-ectomy
suffix meaning excision, removal
-phobia
suffix meaning fear
-stomy
suffix meaning forming an opening
-gen
suffix meaning forming, producing, origin
-genesis
suffix meaning forming, producing, origin
-cele
suffix meaning hernia, swelling
-tomy
suffix meaning incision
-itis
suffix meaning inflammation
-scope
suffix meaning instrument for examining
-graph
suffix meaning instrument for recording
-spasm
suffix meaning involuntary contraction, twitching
-iatry
suffix meaning medicine, treatment
-stenosis
suffix meaning narrowing, stricture
-trophy
suffix meaning nourishment, development
-plegia
suffix meaning paralysis
-toxic
suffix meaning poison
-ptosis
suffix meaning prolapse, downward displacement
-gram
suffix meaning record, writing
-rrhexis
suffix meaning rupture
-lysis
suffix meaning separation, destruction, loosening
-malacia
suffix meaning softening
-centesis
suffix meaning surgical puncture
-plasty
suffix meaning surgical repair
-rrhaphy
suffix meaning suture
-edema
suffix meaning swelling
-metry
suffix meaning the act of measuring
-graphy
suffix meaning the process of recording
-clasis
suffix meaning to break; surgical fracture
-oma
suffix meaning tumor
-scopy
suffix meaning visual examination
-esis -ia -ism
suffixes meaning condition
-plasia -plasm
suffixes meaning formation, growth
-algia -dynia
suffixes meaning pain
-icle -ole -ule
suffixes meaning small, minute
-ician -ist
suffixes meaning specialist