medical terminology suffixes

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ia, -ic, -our, -ous, and -tic all mean ____

• recording

• resembling

• pertaining to, condition (of)

• formation

-ad means ____

• toward

• skin

• protein

• sagging, drooping

-algia and -dynia mean ____

• vomiting

• pain

• sound

• nutrition

-ase means ____

• opening

• destruction

• inflammation

• enzyme

-asthenia means ____

• weakness

• sensation, feeling

• abnormal preoccupation, obsession

• surgical fixation

-blast means ____

• the process of cutting

• baby, immature

• abnormal fear

• tumor

-cele means ____

• the study of

• movement

• rupture

• hernia, abnormal protrusion

-cide and -cidal mean ____

• producing, production, production of, formation

• killing, destroying

• to love

• mind, diaphragm

-crine means ____

• toward

• paralysis

• measuring device, process of measuring

• to secrete

-cyte means ____

• cell

• stretching, dilating

• blood

• softening