Chapter 3 (Suffixes) Flashcards
1
Q
-algia
A
condition of pain, pain
2
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
3
Q
-ia
A
condition
4
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
5
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
6
Q
-oma
A
tumor, mass
7
Q
-osis
A
condition, abnormal condition
8
Q
-pathy
A
disease condition
9
Q
-rrhea
A
flow, discharge
10
Q
-rrhage
or
-rrhagia
A
excessive discharge of blood
11
Q
-sclerosis
A
hardening
12
Q
-uria
A
condition of urine
13
Q
-al
or
-eal
A
pertaining to
14
Q
-ar
A
pertaining to
15
Q
-ary
A
pertaining to
16
Q
-ic
A
pertaining to
17
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fluid
18
Q
-ectomy
A
removal, resection, excision
19
Q
-gram
A
record
20
Q
-graphy
A
process of recording
21
Q
-lysis
A
separation, breakdown, destruction
22
Q
-plasty
A
surgical repair, or surgical correction
23
Q
-scopy
A
process of visual examination
24
Q
-stomy
A
opening (permanent or semi-permanent)
25
-therapy
treatment
26
-tomy
incision, cutting into
27
-ation
process, condition
28
-cision
process of cutting
29
-crine
secretion
30
-dipsia
thurst
31
-gen
to produce
32
-ine
pertaining to
33
-lapse
to fall, slide
34
-meter
to measure
35
-mission
to send
36
-mortem
death
37
-ous
pertaining to
38
-partum
birth
39
-phagia
eating
40
-phasia
speech
41
-plasia
formation (condition)
42
-plasm
formation (tissue)
43
-plegia
paralysis
44
-pnea
breathing
45
-section
to cut
46
-stasis
to stand, place, stop, control
47
-tension
pressure
48
-thesis
to put, place (state of putting or placing)
49
-tic
pertaining to
50
-y
process, condition
