Common Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-cele
A
protrusion
2
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture
3
Q
-cyte
A
cell
4
Q
-desis
A
surgical binding
5
Q
-dynia
A
pain
6
Q
-algia
A
pain
7
Q
-ectasis
A
expansion or dilation
8
Q
-ectasia
A
expansion or dilation
9
Q
-ectomy
A
surgical removal
10
Q
-edema
A
excessive fluid in intra cellular tissues
11
Q
-emia
A
blood
12
Q
-genic
A
origin, producing
13
Q
-gram
A
written or pictorial records
14
Q
-graph
A
device for graphic or pictorial recording
15
Q
-graphy
A
act of graphic or pictorial record
16
Q
-ian, -iatrist, -ist, -logist, -logy, -ics, -iatry, -iatrics
A
specialty of, study of, practice of
17
Q
-iasis
A
a suffix used to convert a verb to a noun indicating a condition
18
Q
ism
A
a condition of, a process, or a state of
19
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
20
Q
-lith
A
stone, calculus, calcification
21
Q
-lysis
A
disintegration
22
Q
-malacia
A
softening
23
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
24
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-meter
A
device for measuring
25
-metry
act of measuring
26
-oid
resembling or like
27
-oma
tumor
28
-opsy
visual examination
29
-osis
abnormal condition
30
-pathy
disease
31
-penia
reduction of size or quantity
32
-pexy
surgical fixation
33
-phobia
fear, appears mainly as a suffix
34
-plasia
abnormal formation
35
-plasty
surgical repair
36
-plegia
-paralysis
37
-pnea
breath, respiration
38
-poiesis
producing
39
-porosis
porous conditions
40
-ptosis
downward displacement
41
-rrhage
flowing forth
42
-rrhaphy
suture
43
-rrhea
discharge
44
-rrhexis
rupture
45
-sclerosis
hardness
46
-scope
device for viewing
47
-scopy
act of viewing
48
-spasm
muscular contraction
49
-stasis
level; unchanging
50
-stenosis
narrowed; blocked
51
-stomy
permanent opening
52
-tome
instrument for cutting
53
-tomy
incision
54
-tripsy
crushing
55
- al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -tic,
| - ous
pertaining to
56
-icle, -ole, -ule, -ula
small
57
-necrosis
tissue death
