Module Suffixes Flashcards
(39 cards)
1
Q
-opia
A
vision
2
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-opsia
A
vision
3
Q
-tropia
A
to turn
4
Q
-chalasis
A
Relaxation, slackening
5
Q
-acusis or-cusis
A
hearing
6
Q
-meter
A
instrument for measure
7
Q
-otia
A
ear condition
8
Q
-ase
A
enzyme
9
Q
-centesis
A
puncture to remove fluid
10
Q
-chezia
A
defecation; elimination of wastes
11
Q
-ectasia
A
stretching; dilation; expansion
12
Q
-ectasis
A
stretching; dilation; expansion
13
Q
-ectomy
A
removal; excision; resection
14
Q
-emesis
A
vomiting
15
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
16
Q
-genesis
A
producing; forming
17
Q
-graphy
A
process of recording
18
Q
-iasis
A
abnormal condition
19
Q
-lysis
A
breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening
20
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
21
Q
-orexia
A
appetite
22
Q
-pathy
A
disease; emotion
23
Q
-pepsia
A
digestion
24
Q
-phagia
A
eating; swallowing
25
-plasty
surgical repair
26
-prandial
meal
27
-ptosis
droop; sag; prolapse; fall
28
-ptysis
spitting
29
-rrhage
bursting forth (of blood)
30
-rrhagia
bursting forth (of blood)
31
-rrhaphy
suture
32
-rrhea
flow; discharge
33
-scopy
visual examination
34
-spasm
sudden contraction of muscles
35
-stasis
stop; control; place
36
-stenosis
tightening; stricture
37
-stomy
new opening (to form a mouth)
38
-tomy
process of cutting
39
-tresia
opening
