suffixes Flashcards
(44 cards)
1
Q
-al
A
pertaining to
2
Q
-ase
A
enzyme
3
Q
-blast
A
budding
4
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncure
5
Q
-cidal
A
causing death
6
Q
-clast
A
broken
7
Q
-crit
A
to seperate
8
Q
-cyte
A
cell
9
Q
-ectomy
A
excision or surgical removal
10
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
11
Q
-emesis
A
vomiting
12
Q
-gen, -genesis, -genic
A
producing or causing
13
Q
-glia
A
glue
14
Q
-gram
A
something written
15
Q
-ia
A
condition of, diseased or abnormal state
16
Q
-iac, -ic, -ior
A
pertaining to
17
Q
-ism
A
state of
18
Q
-itia, -itis
A
inflammation
19
Q
-logy
A
study of
20
Q
-lyte
A
dissolvable
21
Q
-lytic
A
destroy, reduce
22
Q
-mania
A
madness or insane desire
23
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
24
Q
-meter
A
instrument used to measure
25
-odia
smell
26
-ologist
one who studies and practices
27
-oma
tumor or swelling
28
-opia
vision
29
-opsy
to view
30
-orrhea
flow, excessive discharge
31
-orrhexis
rupture
32
-osis
abnormal increase in production
33
-ostomy
creation of an artificial opening
34
-otomy
cut into or incision
35
-oxia
oxygen
36
-pathy
disease
37
-sclerosis
hardening
38
-scope
instrument used for visual examination
39
-scopy
visual examination
40
-sepsis
infection
41
-spasm
sudden involuntary muscle contraction
42
-statis
control or stop
43
-tomy
cutting
44
-tropic
influencing
