Medical Terminology — Suffix Flashcards
(40 cards)
1
Q
-POIESIS
A
Formation
2
Q
-PTOSIS
A
Prolapse, drooping
3
Q
-PTYSIS
A
Spitting
4
Q
- RRHAGE
- RRHAGIA
A
Bursting forth
Ex.: menorrhagia
5
Q
-RRHAPHY
A
Suture
6
Q
-RRHEA
A
Flow
Ex.: menorrhea
7
Q
-RRHEXIS
A
Rupture
8
Q
-SCOPE
A
Instrument
9
Q
-SCOPY
A
To view
10
Q
-TOME
A
Instrument to cut
11
Q
-TOMY
A
Incision
12
Q
-TRIPSY
A
Crushing
13
Q
- TROPHY
A
Nourishment
14
Q
- AC
- IAC
A
Pertaining to
Ex.: cardiac
15
Q
- AL
- EAL
- IAL
A
Pertaining to
Ex.: congenital
16
Q
- AR
- ARY
A
Pertaining to
Ex.: ventricular
17
Q
- IC
- ICAL
A
Pertaining to
Ex.: chronic
18
Q
-OUS
A
Pertaining to
Ex.: mucous
19
Q
-ALGIA
A
Pain
Ex.: neuralgia
19
Q
-DYNIA
A
Pain
Ex.: gastrodynia
20
Q
-EMIA
A
Blood condition
Ex.: leukemia
21
Q
-GENIC
A
Producing, forming
Ex.: carcinogenic
22
Q
-IA
A
Condition, disease
Ex.: polyuria
23
Q
-ITIS
A
Inflammation
Ex.: laryngitis
24
-MALACIA
Softening
Ex.: chondromalacia
25
-MEGALY
Enlargement
Ex.: cardiomegaly
26
-OMA
Tumor, mass
Ex.: sarcoma
27
-OSIS
Condition
Ex.: tuberculosis
28
-PATHY
Disease
Ex.: myopathy
29
-PENIA
Deficiency
Ex.: leukopenia
30
-SCLEROSIS
Hardening
Ex.: arteriosclerosis
31
-CENTESIS
Surgical puncture to remove fluid for analysis
Ex.: abdominocentesis
32
-ECTOMY
Surgical removal
Ex.: tonsillectomy
33
-GRAPHY
Process of recording
Ex.: mammography
34
-LYSIS
Separation, breakdown, destruction
Ex.: dialysis
35
-OPSY
View of, vision
Ex.: biopsy
36
-PLASTY
Surgical repair
Ex.: mammoplasty
37
-SCOPY
Process of visual examination
Ex.: arthroscopy
38
-STOMY
Opening
Ex.: tracheostomy
39
-TOMY
Incision, cutting
Ex.: lobotomy
