Suffix Flashcards
1
Q
Rrhea
A
Flow, discharge
2
Q
Tomy
A
Incision, to cut open
3
Q
Sis
A
State of; condition
4
Q
y
A
Process; condition.
5
Q
Phoria
A
To bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
6
Q
Physis
A
To grow
7
Q
Plasia
A
Development, formation, growth
8
Q
Stasis
A
Stopping, controlling
9
Q
Trophy
A
Development, nourishment
10
Q
Plasm
A
Structure or formation
11
Q
Pnea
A
Breathing
12
Q
Ptosis
A
Falling, drooping, prolapse
13
Q
Or
A
One who
14
Q
Oxia
A
Oxygen
15
Q
Lysis
A
Breakdown
Destruction
Separation
16
Q
Meter
A
To measure
17
Q
Mission
A
To send
18
Q
Gen
A
Substances that produces
19
Q
Lapse
A
To slide, fall, sag
20
Q
ion
A
Process
“ExcisION”
Process of cutting
21
Q
Blast
A
Embryonic, immature cell
22
Q
Crine
A
To secrete
23
Q
Drome
A
To run
24
Q
Genic
A
Pertaining to producing
Produced by
Produced in
25
Globin
Protein
"Hem/o/globin"
Protein in the blood
26
Gram
Record
27
Ectomy
Excision
| Removal
28
Emia
Blood condition
29
Algia
| Dynia
Pain
30
Cyte
Cell
31
Osis
Condition; usually abnormal
32
Pathy
Disease condition.
33
Scope
Instrument to visually examine
34
Scopy
Process of visually examining
35
Oma
Tumor
36
Opsy
Process of viewing
37
Itis
Inflammation
38
Logy
Study of
39
cele
hernia
40
centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
41
coccus
| cocci
berry-shaped bacterium
42
genesis
condition of producing, forming
43
graph
instrument to record
44
graphy
process of recording
45
malacia
softening
46
megaly
enlargement
47
penia
deficiency
48
phobia
fear
49
plasty
surgical repair
50
sclerosis
hardening
51
stomy
opening to form a mouth (new opening)
52
therapy
treatment
53
er
one who
54
- ia
| - ema
condition
55
-ist
specialist
56
ole
little, small
57
um, ium
structure, tissue
58
us
structure, substance
59
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ac, iac
al, ic
ar, ical
ary, eal
ous, tic
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pertaining to
60
oid
resembling, derived from
61
ose
pertaining to, full of
62
fusion
coming together, to pour
63
clast
to break
64
listhesis
slipping
65
porosis
pore, passage
66
tome
instrument to cut
67
desis
to bind, tie together
68
stenosis
narrowing
69
asthenia
lack of strength
70
Fferent
Carrying
71
-Sonia
Smell
72
-ptysis
Spitting
73
-sphyxia
Pulse
74
-thorax
Pleural cavity; chest
75
-ase
enzyme
76
-chezia
defecation, elimination of wastes
77
-iasis
abnormal
78
-prandial
meal
79
- ectasis
| - ectasia
dilation, (dilatation), widening/stretching
80
-emesis
vomiting
81
-pepsia
digestion
82
-phagia
eating, swallowing
83
-plasty
surgical repair
84
- rrhage
| - rrhagia
bursting forth (of blood)
85
-rrhaphy
suture
86
-spasm
involuntary contraction of muscles
87
-tresia
opening
88
-stalsis
Contraction
89
-apheresis
removal, a carrying away
90
-cytosis
abnormal condition of cells
91
-lytic
pertaining to destruction
92
-philia
attraction for (an increase in cell numbers)
93
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
94
- poiesis
| - poietin
formation
| substance that forms
95
-agon
assemble, gather together
96
- in
| - ine
substance
97
-tropin
stimulating the function of (to turn or act on)
98
- urin/o
| - uria
urine
| urine condition
99
-tripsy
crushing
100
-one
hormone
101
-pexy
fixation. put in place
102
-arche
beginning
103
-cyesis
pregnancy
104
-gravida
pregnant
105
-parous
bearing, bringing forth
106
-salpinx
fallopian (uterine) tube
107
- tocia
| - partum
labor, birth
108
-version
act of turning
109
-rrhexis
rupture
110
- opia
| - opsia
vision
111
-tropia
to turn
112
- acusis
| - cusis
hearing
113
-otia
ear condition
