Chapters 1-3 Suffixes Flashcards
(111 cards)
1
Q
Wasting away
A
-phthisis
2
Q
Of the mind
A
-phrenia
3
Q
Attraction, affinity for
A
-philia
4
Q
Deficiency, small, fewer
A
-penia
5
Q
Abnormal condition / disease process
A
-pathy
6
Q
Slight paralysis, feeling of numbness and tingling
A
-paresis
7
Q
Condition, state, process
A
-osis
8
Q
Vision
A
-opia , -opsia
9
Q
Tumor, neoplasm
A
-oma
10
Q
Enlargement
A
-megaly
11
Q
Obsession, madness
A
-mania
12
Q
Presence of stones
A
-lithiasis
13
Q
Pertaining to seizures
A
-leptic
14
Q
Seizures
A
-lepsy
15
Q
Inflammation
A
-itis
16
Q
Condition/disease
A
-ism
17
Q
Pathological condition or state / presence of
A
-iasis
18
Q
Vomiting
A
-emesis
19
Q
Condition
A
-ema
20
Q
Swelling
A
-edema
21
Q
Expansion , dilation
A
-ectasia , -ectasis
22
Q
Condition of cells
A
-cytosis
23
Q
Hernia
A
-cele
24
Q
Feeling , carrying
A
-phoria
25
Sound
-phonia
26
Fear
-phobia
27
Movement
-kinesia , -kinesis
28
Sensation
-esthesia
29
Pain
-dynia
30
Binding , fusion
-desis
31
Weakness
-asthenia
32
Pain
-algia
33
Pertaining to paralysis
-plegic
34
Protection , prevention
-phylaxis
35
Like, resembling
-oid
36
Study , practice
-logy
37
One who studies
-logist
38
Treatment, practice, body of knowledge
-ics
39
Pertaining to
-ic
40
In the shape of
-form
41
Break / fracture
-clast , -clasis
42
Toward
-ad
43
Use of an instrument for viewing
-scopy
44
Instrument for visual examination
-scope
45
Attraction / affinity for
-phil
46
Removal
-pheresis
47
View of
-opsy
48
Measurement
-metry
49
Measuring device
-meter
50
Process of recording
-graphy
51
Recording instrument
-graph
52
A recording
-gram
53
Produced by
-genic
54
Origin
-genesis
55
Producer
-gen
56
Separate
-crit
57
Crushing
-tripsy
58
Cutting operation / incision
-tomy
59
Cutting instrument / segment
-tome
60
Opening
-stomy
61
Maintaining a state
-static , -stasis
62
Surgical suturing
-rrhaphy
63
Surgical repair
-plasty
64
Fixation, usually done surgically
-pexy
65
Pertaining to destruction
-lytic
66
Destruction of
-lysis
67
Removal of part or all of an organ/body part
-ectomy
68
Surgical puncture to remove fluid
-centesis
69
Urine
-uria
70
Thing formed, growth
-plasm , -plasia
71
Plaque
-plakia
72
Oxygen
-oxia
73
Protein
-glonbin , -globulin
74
Relating to blood
-emic
75
Blood
-emia
76
Skin
-derma
77
Cell
-cyte
78
Narrowing
-stenosis
79
Stopping, constant, static
-stasis
80
Contraction
-stalsis
81
Contraction
-spasm
82
Sleep
-somnia
83
Splitting
-schisis
84
A flowing, a flux
-rrhea
85
Discharging heavily
-rrhage
86
Lessening in density
-porosis
87
Substance that produces
-poietin
88
Pertaining to production
-poietic
89
Production, formation
-poiesis
90
Breath
-pnea
91
Forming
-plastic
92
Formation, development, growth
-plasia
93
Carrying
-phoresis
94
Speaking
-phasia
95
Eating, devouring
-phage , -phagia
96
Digestion
-pepsia
97
Bearing , producing offspring
*about the births(past)
-parous
98
Bearing , giving birth
*directly related to giving birth (present)
-para
99
Softening
-malacia
100
Secreting
-crine
101
Destroying , killing
-cidal , -cide
102
Immature / forming
-blast
103
Nutrition
-trophy
104
Pertaining to nutrition
-trophic
105
Rupture
-rrhexis
106
Excessive bleeding
-rrhagia
107
To flow or discharge
-rrhea
108
Falling down , drooping
-ptosis
109
Pertaining to paralysis
-plegic
110
Paralysis
-plegia
111
Growing
-physis
