Lesson 3 - Suffixes Flashcards

1
Q

-ia

A

State or condition of

ex. phobia

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

-ism

A

State or condition of

ex. alcoholism

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

-sis

A

State or condition of

ex. narcosis

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

-tion

A

State or condition of

ex. inhalation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

-y

A

State or condition of

ex. atony

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

-ac

A

Pertaining to

ex. cardiac

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

-al

A

Pertaining to

ex. neural

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

-ar

A

Pertaining to

ex. muscular

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

-ary

A

Pertaining to

ex. dietary

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

-ic

A

Pertaining to

ex. metric

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

-ical

A

Pertaining to

ex. anatomical

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

-ile

A

Pertaining to

ex. febrile

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

-oid

A

Pertaining to

ex. lymphoid

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

-ory

A

Pertaining to

ex. respiratory

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

-ous

A

Pertaining to

ex. venous

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

-form

A

Resembling

ex. muciform

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

-ian, -ist

A

Specialist in a field

ex. Physician, cardiologist

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

-iatrics, -iatry, -ics

A

Specialty

ex. geriatrics, podiatry, orthopedics

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

-logy

A

Study of

ex. physiology

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

-algia, -algesia

A

pain

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

-carcin/o

A

cancer

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

-cele

A

hernia, localized dilation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

-clasis, -clasia

A

breaking

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

-cysto/o

A

sac, cyst, bladder

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

Ectasia, ectasis

A

Chronic dilation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

Edema

A

Accumulation of fluid, swelling

27
Q

-itis

A

inflammation

28
Q

-lysis

A

separation, loosening, destruction

29
Q

-malacia

A

softening

30
Q

-necrosis

A

death of

31
Q

-oma

A

tumor

32
Q

onc/o

A

tumor

33
Q

-pathy

A

any disease of

34
Q

-ptosis

A

dropping, prolapse, downward displacement

35
Q

-rhage, -rhagia

A

bursting forth, profuse flow

36
Q

-rhea

A

flow, discharge

37
Q

-rhexis

A

rupture

38
Q

-schisis

A

fissure, splitting

39
Q

-stasis

A

suppression, stoppage

40
Q

-stenosis

A

narrowing, constriction

41
Q

-graph

A

instrument for recording data

42
Q

-graphy

A

act of recording data

43
Q

-gram

A

record of data

44
Q

-meter

A

instrument for measuring

45
Q

-metry

A

measurement of

46
Q

-scope

A

instrument for viewing

47
Q

-scopy

A

examination of

48
Q

-centesis

A

puncture, tap

49
Q

-desis

A

binding, fusion

50
Q

-ectomy

A

excision, surgical removal

51
Q

-pexy

A

surgical fixation

52
Q

-plasty

A

plastic surgery, reconstruction

53
Q

-rhaphy

A

suture, surgical repair

54
Q

-stomy

A

surgical creation of an opening

55
Q

-tome

A

instrument for incising

56
Q

-tomy

A

incision

57
Q

-tripsy

A

crushing

58
Q

blast/o, -blast

A

immature cell, productive cell

59
Q

gen

A

origin, formation

60
Q

phag/o

A

eat, ingest

61
Q

trop

A

act on, affect

62
Q

troph/o

A

nourishment, feeding

63
Q
A