3. Suffixes (reverse) Flashcards
(84 cards)
0
Q
One who
A
er
1
Q
Blood condition
A
emia
2
Q
condition
A
esis ia iasis ism osis y
3
Q
Treatment
Medicine
A
iatry
4
Q
Action
Process
A
ion
5
Q
practitioner
A
ist
6
Q
Small or little
A
ole
ula
ule
7
Q
Singular noun
A
um
us
8
Q
Pertaining to
A
ac / al / ar / ary / ic / ical / ous / ory / eal / ile / tic
9
Q
Resembling
A
oid
10
Q
Specialist
A
Ian / ician / ist / logist
11
Q
Field of medicine
A
iatric
iatry
12
Q
Surgical puncture
A
centesis
13
Q
crushing
Breaking up
A
clasis
14
Q
Surgical removal
A
ectomy
15
Q
Record or picture
A
gram
16
Q
Instrument used to record
A
graph
17
Q
process of recording
A
graphy
18
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Destruction
A
lysis
19
Q
Instrument used to measure
A
meter
20
Q
Process of measuring
A
metry
21
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Surgical fixation
A
pexy
22
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surgical repair
A
plasty
23
Q
Suturing
A
rrhaphy
24
Instrument used to view
scope
25
Process of viewing with a scope
scopy
26
Surgical creation of an Opening
stomy
27
Incision into
tomy
28
Internal crushing
tripsy
29
Immature
-blast
30
Flow
| Discharge
-rrhea
31
Enlargement
-megaly
32
Inflammation
-itis
33
Urine
-uria
34
Paralysis
-plegia
35
Mental disorder
-mania
36
Toward
| Increase
-ad
37
Sensitivity to pain
-algesia
38
Pain
- algia
| - dynia
39
Enzyme
-ase
40
Something that...
-ate
41
Immature
-blast
42
CO2
-capnia
43
Swelling
| Herniation
-cele
44
To kill
| To destroy
-cide
45
Berry-shaped
-coccus
46
Cell
-cyte
47
Binding or surgical fusion
-desis
48
Stretching or dilation
-ectasia
49
Vomiting
-emesis
50
Substance that causes
-gen
51
Origin
| Cause
-genesis
52
Producing
-genic
53
Pregnancy
-gravida
54
Physician
- iatrician
| - iatrist
55
Inflammation
-itis
56
To make
To treat
To combine with
-ize
57
Seizure
| Attack
-lepsy
58
Stone
-lith
59
Study of
-logy
60
Destroy
-lytic
61
Softening
-malacia
62
Mental disorder
-mania
63
Enlargement
-megaly
64
Tumor
-oma
65
Visual condition
-opia
66
Slight paralysis
-paresis
67
Disease
-pathy
68
Decrease in
| Deficiency
-penia
69
Attraction to
-philia
70
Abnormal fear
-phobia
71
Formation
-plasia
72
Paralysis
-plegia
73
Breathing
-pnea
74
Meal
-prandial
75
Drooping
| Prolapse
-ptosis
76
Process of viewing
-opsy
77
Excessive flow or discharge
-rrhagia
78
Discharge
| Flow
-rrhea
79
Rupture
-rrhexis
80
Hardening
-sclerosis
81
Stopping or controlling
-stasis
82
Process
- tion
| - y
83
Urine
-uria
