Day 7 Suffixes Flashcards
(32 cards)
1
Q
-Algia
A
pain
2
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fluid
3
Q
-cyte
A
cell
4
Q
-dynia
A
pain
5
Q
-ectomy
A
excision; removal
6
Q
-edema
A
swelling
7
Q
-gram
A
written record or image
8
Q
-logist
A
specialist
9
Q
-malacia
A
abnormal softening
10
Q
-megaly
A
abnormal enlargement
11
Q
-oma
A
tumor; mass
12
Q
-pathy
A
disease
13
Q
-penia
A
deficiency
14
Q
-pexy
A
surgical reattachment
15
Q
-plasty
A
surgical reconstruction
16
Q
-plegia
A
paralysis
17
Q
-ptosis
A
falling sagging, drooping; prolapse
18
Q
-rrhagia
A
excessive flow or discharge
19
Q
-rrhea
A
discharge; flow
20
Q
-sclerosis
A
hardening
21
Q
-scope
A
instrument for viewing
22
Q
scopy
A
process of viewing
23
Q
-stenosis
A
narrowing
24
Q
-stomy
A
surgical creation of a new opening
25
-tomy
incision into
26
-ac; al; -ar; -ary; ic; -ical; -ile; -eal; -ory; -ous; tic; -y
pertaining to
27
-cele
hernia; tumor
28
-clasis
break; fracture
29
-ectasis
expansion; expansion
30
-emia
blood condition
31
-paresis
weakness
32
-phagia
to eat; to swallow
