Chapter 3-Suffixes Flashcards
(30 cards)
1
Q
-cele
A
hernia
2
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-centesis
A
puncture to remove fluid
3
Q
-coccus/-cocci
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
-lysis
A
breakdown, destruction, separation
8
Q
-malacia
A
softening
9
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
10
Q
-penia
A
deficiency
11
Q
-phobia
A
fear
12
Q
-plasia
A
development, formation, growth
13
Q
-plasty
A
surgical repair
14
Q
-ptosis
A
drooping, falling, prolapse
15
Q
-rrhea
A
flow, discharge
16
Q
-sclerosis
A
hardening
17
Q
-stasis
A
controlling, stopping
18
Q
-stomy
A
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
19
Q
-therapy
A
treatment
20
Q
-trophy
A
development, nourishment
21
Q
-er
A
one who
22
Q
-ia
A
condition
23
Q
-oid
A
resembling, derived from
24
Q
-ole, -ule
A
little, small
25
-um, -ium
structure, tissue
26
-us
structure, substance
27
-ar
pertaining to
tonsillar
28
-ary
pertaining to
pulmonary
29
-ous
pertaining to
mucous
30
-tic
pertaining to
necrotic
