Common Suffixes Flashcards
(64 cards)
1
Q
Ac
A
Pertaining to
2
Q
-lysis
A
breakdown
3
Q
-malacia
A
softening
4
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
5
Q
-oma
A
mass/tumor
6
Q
-opsy
A
process of viewing
7
Q
-osis
A
abnormal condition
8
Q
-partum
A
birth
9
Q
-pathy
A
disease condition
10
Q
-penia
A
deficiency
11
Q
-phasia
A
speech
12
Q
-plasmm, -plasia
A
formation growth
13
Q
-plasty
A
surgical repair
14
Q
-pnea
A
breathing
15
Q
-rrhage, -rrhhagia
A
excess bloodflow
16
Q
-sclerosis
A
hardening
17
Q
-scopy
A
process of visualization
18
Q
-spasm
A
constriction
19
Q
-sis
A
condition
20
Q
-stenosis
A
narrowing
21
Q
-stomy
A
opening
22
Q
-tension
A
pressure
23
Q
-algia
A
Pain
24
Q
-centesis
A
Surgical puncture to remove fluid
25
-ectomy
Process of cutting out, removal
26
-tomy
Incision, process of cutting into
27
Coccus, cocci
Bacterium
28
-cyte
Cell
29
-emia
Blood condition
30
-emesis
Vommiting
31
-gen, -genisis
Production,formation
32
-globin
Protein
33
-graphy
To record
34
-graph, -gram
Record
35
-ism
Condition, process
36
-ist
Specialist
37
-itis
Inflammation
38
-lith
Stone
39
-logy
Study of
40
ic
Pertaining to
41
ical
Pertaining to
42
al
Pertaining to
43
an
Pertaining to
44
ar
Pertaining to
45
ary
Pertaining to
46
eal
Pertaining to
47
genic
Pertaining to
48
oid
Pertaining to
49
ous
Pertaining to
50
tic
Pertaining to
51
-ation
process, condition
52
-dispia
thirst
53
-lapse
fall
54
-mission
send
55
-mortem
death
56
-partum
birth
57
-phagia
swallow/eat
58
-phasia
speak
59
-plasia
formation
60
-plasm
formation
61
-plegia
paralysis
62
-trophy
development
63
-um
structure
64
-y
process/condition
