Ch2: Suffixes Flashcards
(61 cards)
1
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
2
Q
-malacia
A
softening
3
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
4
Q
-gen
A
forming, producing, origin
5
Q
-genesis
A
forming, producing, origin
6
Q
-osis
A
abnormal condition, increase
7
Q
-oma
A
tumor
8
Q
-iasis
A
abnormal condition
9
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
10
Q
-pathy
A
disease
11
Q
-penia
A
decrease, deficiency
12
Q
-lith
A
stone, calculus
13
Q
-stomy
A
forming of an opening
14
Q
-lysis
A
seperation, destruction, loosening
15
Q
-ectomy
A
excision, removal
16
Q
-desis
A
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
17
Q
-plasty
A
surgical repair
18
Q
-icle
A
small
19
Q
-ute
A
minute
20
Q
-meter
A
instrument of measuring
21
Q
-clasis
A
to break/surgical fracture
22
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture
23
Q
-tomy
A
incision
24
Q
-tome
A
instrument to cut
25
-rrhea
discharge, flow
26
-emesis
vomiting
27
-edema
swelling
28
-scopy
visual examination
29
-plasty
surgical repair
30
-scope
instrument for examining
31
-rrhaphy
suture
32
-gram
record, writing
33
-cele
hernia, swelling
34
-lysis
seperation
35
-iatrics
treatment
36
-ism
condition
37
-tripsy
crushing
38
-pexy
fixation (of an organ)
39
-ist
specialist
40
-graphy
process of recording
41
-ecstasis
dilation, expansion
42
-algia
pain
43
-dynia
pain
44
-graph
instrument of recording
45
-ole
little
46
-metry
act of measuring
47
-phagia
eating, swallowing
48
-phobia
fear
49
-plasia
formation, growth
50
-phasia
speech
51
-plasm
formation, growth
52
-plegia
paralysis
53
-ptosis
prolapse, downward displacement
54
-rrhage
bursting forth (of)
55
-rrhagia
bursting forth (of)
56
-rrhexis
rupture
57
-sclerosis
abnormal condition of harderning
58
-spasm
involuntary contraction, twitching
59
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
60
-toxic
poison
61
-trophy
nourishment, development
