CH3Suffixes Flashcards
(33 cards)
1
Q
-cele
A
hernia
2
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-centisis
A
puncture to remove fluid
3
Q
-coccus (singular)
-cocci (plural)
A
berry-shaped bacterium
4
Q
-dynia
A
pain
5
Q
-genesis
A
condition of producing, forming
6
Q
-graph
A
instrument for recording
7
Q
-graphy
A
process of recording
8
Q
-lysis
A
breakdown, destruction, separation
9
Q
-malacia
A
softening
10
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
11
Q
-penia
A
deficiency
12
Q
-phobia
A
fear
13
Q
-plasia
A
development, formation, growth
14
Q
-plasty
A
surgical repair
15
Q
-ptosis
A
drooping, falling, prolapse
16
Q
-rrhea
A
flow, discharge
17
Q
-sclerosis
A
hardening
18
Q
-stasis
A
controlling, stopping
19
Q
-stomy
A
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
20
Q
-therapy
A
treatment
21
Q
-trophy
A
development, nourishment
22
Q
-er
A
one who
23
Q
-ia
A
condition
24
Q
-oid
A
resembling, derived from
25
-ole
little, small
26
-ule
little, small
27
-um, -ium
structure, tissue
28
-us
structure, substance
29
-ar
petaining to
30
-ary
pertaining to
31
-genic
pertaining to, producing, produced by or in
32
-ous
pertaining to
33
-tic
pertaining to
