Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-agon
A
assemble
2
Q
-algesia
A
pain sensation
3
Q
-algia
A
pain
4
Q
-ar
A
pertaining to
5
Q
-arche
A
beginning
6
Q
-ary
A
pertaining to
7
Q
-asthenia
A
weakness
8
Q
-blast
A
embryonic
9
Q
-capnia
A
carbon dioxide
10
Q
-cele
A
hernia
11
Q
-centesis
A
puncture to remove (drain)
12
Q
-chezia
A
defecation
13
Q
-clast, -clasia, -clasis
A
break
14
Q
-coccus
A
spherical bacterium
15
Q
-cyesis
A
pregnancy
16
Q
-desis
A
fusion
17
Q
-dilation
A
widening, expanding
18
Q
-drome
A
run
19
Q
-dynia
A
pain
20
Q
-eal
A
pertaining to
21
Q
-ectasis
A
stretching
22
Q
-ectomy
A
removal
23
Q
-edema
A
swelling
24
Q
-emia
A
blood
25
-esthesis
feeling
26
-gram
record
27
-graph
recording instrument
28
-graphy
recording process
29
-gravida
pregnancy
30
-ia
condition
31
-iatrist
phys
32
-iatry
medical treatment
33
-ical
pertaining to
34
-ictal
pertaining to
35
-in
a substance
36
-ine
a substance
37
-itis
inflammation
38
-listhesis
slipping
39
-lithiasis
condition of stones
40
-lysis
seperation
41
-malacia
softening
42
-megaly
enlargement
43
-meta
change
44
-meter
measurement; instrument that measures
45
-metry
measurement of
46
-oid
resembling
47
-oma
tumor
48
-omia
smell
49
-one
hormone
50
-opia
vision
51
-opsy
view of
52
-orrhexis
nurture
53
-osis
condition
54
-oxia
oxygen
55
-para
woman who has given birth
56
-paresis
57
-parous
to bear
58
-penia
deficient
59
-pexy
fixation
60
-phagia
eating
61
-phonia
sound
62
-phylaxis
protection
63
-physis
to grow
64
-plasty
repair
65
-plegia
paralysis
66
-pnea
breathing
67
-poiesis
production
68
-poly
many
69
-porosis
passage
70
-retro
behind
71
-rrhagia
bursting of blood
72
-rrhaphy
suture
73
-rrhea
discharge
74
-schisis
split
75
-sclerosis
hardening
76
-scopy
to examine
77
-thorax
chest
78
-tocia
labor
79
-tom/o
to cut
80
-tome
an instrument that cuts
81
-tomy
cutting, incision
82
-trispy
crush
83
-tropia
to turn
84
-tropin
act upon
85
-uria
urine
86
-version
turning
