Chapter 2: Common Suffixes Flashcards
(54 cards)
1
Q
pain
A
-algia, -dynia
2
Q
hernia, swelling
A
-cele
3
Q
cell
A
-cyte
4
Q
expansion or dilation
A
-estasis, -ectasia
5
Q
excessive accumulation of fluid in cells and tissues
A
-edema
6
Q
vomiting
A
-emesis
7
Q
blood
A
-emia
8
Q
condition or state
A
-iasis
9
Q
condition of or a process
A
-ism
10
Q
inflammation
A
-itis
11
Q
stone, calculus
A
-lith
12
Q
disintegration, destruction
A
-lysis
13
Q
softening
A
-malacia
14
Q
enlargement
A
-megaly
15
Q
resembling or like
A
-oid
16
Q
tumor
A
-oma
17
Q
abnormal condition
A
-osis
18
Q
disease
A
-pathy
19
Q
reduction of size or quantity
A
-penia
20
Q
fear
A
-phobia
21
Q
abnormal formation
A
-plasia
22
Q
paralysis
A
-plegia
23
Q
breathing
A
-pnea
24
Q
producing
A
-poiesis
25
porous condition
-porosis
26
prolapse, downward displacement
-ptosis
27
flowing forth
-rrhage
28
discharge, flow
-rrhea
29
rupture
-rrhexis
30
hardness
-sclerosis
31
muscle contraction
-spasm
32
level; unchanging
-stasis
33
narrowing
stenosis
34
surgical puncture
-centesis
35
surgical binding
-desis
36
surgical removal
-ectomy
37
origin, producing
-gen, -genic, -genesis
38
to record, usually with instrument
-gram
39
instrument for recording
-graph
40
act of graphic or pictorial recording
-graphy
41
instrument for measuring
-meter
42
act of measuring
-metery
43
examination
-opsy
44
surgical fixation
-pexy
45
surgical repair
-plasty
46
suture
-rrhaphy
47
instrument for viewing
-scope
48
act of viewing
-scopy
49
artificial or surgical opening
-stomy
50
instrument to cut
-tome
51
incision
-tomy
52
crushing
-tripsy
53
specialist
-ian
54
medical specialty
-ics, -ist, -iatry
