LOM Suffixes
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- -ac
- pertaining to
- -algia
- pain
- -al
- pertaining to
- -cele
- hernia
- -algie
- pain
- -centesis
- surgical puncture to remove fluid
- -coccus
- berry-shaped bacterium
- -cyte
- cell
- -ectomy
- excision, removal, resection
- -dynia
- pain
- -emia
- blood condition
- -genic
- pertaining to, producing, produced by, or produced in
- -gram
- record
- -genesis
- condition of producing, forming
- -ic, -ical
- pertaining to
- -genis
- pertaining to producting, produced by, or in
- -ion
- process
- -ist
- specialist
- -graph
- instrument for recording
- -itis
- inflammation
- -graphy
- process of recording
- -logy
- study of
- -oma
- tumor
- -opsy
- to view
- -lysis
- breakdown, destruction, separation
- -osis
- condition, usually abnormal
- -malacia
- sofening
- -pathy
- disease condition
- -megaly
- enlargement
- -scope
- instrument for visual examination
- -scopy
- process of visual examination
- -sis
- state of
- -tomy
- incision, to cut into
- -y
- condition, process
- -eal
- pertaining to
- -penia
- deficiency
- -iac
- pertaining to
- -phobia
- fear
- -ior
- pertaining to
- -plasia
- development, formation, growth
- -ism
- process
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- -ptosis
- drooping, sagging, prolapse
- -ose
- pertaining to, full of
- -sclerosis
- hardening
- -plasm
- development, formation
- -somes
- bodies
- -statis
- stop, control; place
- -stomy
- opening to form a mouth (stoma)
- -type
- picture, classification
- -therapy
- treatment
- -trophy
- development, nourishment
- -blast
- embryonic, immature
- -cyesis
- pregnancy
- -drome
- to run
- -fusion
- coming together, to pour
- -gen
- producing, forming
- -lapse
- to slide, fall, sag
- -meter
- to measure
- -mission
- to send
- -or
- one who
- -partum
- birth, labor
- -phoria
- mental state
- -physis
- to grow
- -pnea
- breathing
- -rrhea
- flow, discharge
- -er
- one who
- -ia
- condition
- -ole
- little, small
- -ule
- little, small
- -um, ium
- structure, tissue, thing
- -ac, -iac
- pertaining to
- -ar
- pertaining to
- -ary
- pertaining to
- -oid
- resembling
- -ous
- pertaining to
- -tic
- pertaining to
- apheresis
- removal, carry away
- blast
- immature, embryonic
- cytosis
-
abnormal condition of cells
(increase in cells) - emia
- blood condition
- globin
- protein
- globulin
- protein
- lytic
- pertaining to destruction
- oid
- derived from
- osis
- abnormal condition
- penia
- deficiency
- phage
- eat, swallow
- philia
-
attraction for
(increase in cell numbers) - phoresis
- carrying, transmission
- poiesis
- formation
- statis
- stop, control
- -derma
- skin