Suffixes Flashcards
(62 cards)
1
Q
Pertaining to
A
-al, -ac
2
Q
Pain
A
-algia
3
Q
Fit; fasten
A
-aps, -apt
4
Q
Beginning; origin
A
-arche
5
Q
Signifies an enzyme
A
-ase
6
Q
Sprout; make
A
-blast
7
Q
A piercing
A
-centesis
8
Q
To kill
A
-cide
9
Q
Break; destroy
A
-clast
10
Q
Release; secrete
A
-crine
11
Q
Increasing in number
A
-cytosis
12
Q
A cutting out
A
-ectomy
13
Q
Vomiting
A
-emesis
14
Q
Refers to blood condition
A
-emia
15
Q
Flow
A
-flux
16
Q
Creates; forms
A
-gen
17
Q
Creation; production
A
-genesis
18
Q
Something written
A
-gram
19
Q
To write, draw
A
-graph(y)
20
Q
Containing H2O (water)
A
-hydrate
21
Q
Condition; process
A
-ia, -sia
22
Q
Abnormal condition
A
-iasis
23
Q
Pertaining to
A
-ic, -ac
24
Q
Signifies a protein
A
-in
25
Signifies “condition of”
-ism
26
Signifies “inflammation of”
-itis
27
Sheath, covering
-lemma
28
Seizure
-lepsy
29
Stone; rock
-lith
30
Study of
-logy
31
Moon; moonlike
-lunar
32
Softening
-malacia
33
Enlargement
-megaly
34
Measurement, length
-metric, -metry
35
Like; in the shape of
-oid
36
Tumor
-oma
37
Vision, vision condition
-opia
38
Viewing
-oscopy
39
Pertaining to, sugar
-ose
40
Condition, process
-osis
41
-cele
Hernia, abnormal protrusion of structure, out of normal anatomical position
42
-pathy
Disease, abnormality
43
-plasia
Development, formation, growth
44
-plegia
Paralysis
45
-centesis
To puncture
46
-tripsy
To crush
47
-rrhea
Flow, discharge
48
-iasis (-osis)
Abnormal condition
49
-ptysis
Spitting (coughing)
50
Plasty
Reconstruction
51
-uria
Urine
52
-pexy
To surgically reattach, fix in normal position
53
-rrhaphy
To suture
54
-para
Live birth
55
-gravida
Pregnancy
56
-pareunia, coitus
Intercourse
57
-salpinx
Uterine tube
58
-malacia
Softening
59
-porosis
Porous
60
-asthenia
Weakness, loss of strength
61
-trophy
Development, stimulation, maintenance
62
-algia, algesia
Pain
