suffixes Flashcards
(57 cards)
1
Q
blood
A
-emia
2
Q
bursting forth
A
-rrhexis
3
Q
cell
A
-cyte
4
Q
condition
A
-osis, -iasis, -ia, -ism
5
Q
to crush
A
-tripsy
6
Q
to cut into
A
-tomy
7
Q
cutting instrument
A
-tome
8
Q
destroy
A
-lysis
9
Q
disease of
A
-pathy
10
Q
drooping
A
-ptosis
11
Q
enlargement
A
-megaly
12
Q
enzyme-related
A
-ase
13
Q
fear
A
-phobia
14
Q
flow or discharge
A
-rrhea
15
Q
formation
A
-genesis
16
Q
hardening
A
-sclerosis
17
Q
herniation
A
-cele
18
Q
infestation
A
-iasis
19
Q
inflammation
A
-itis
20
Q
instrument to examine
A
-scope
21
Q
instrument to measure
A
-meter
22
Q
instrument to record data
A
-graph
23
Q
involuntary movement
A
-spasm
24
Q
kill
A
-cide
25
lack of
-penia
26
live birth
-para
27
madness
-mania
28
make a new opening
-ostomy
29
measurement
-metry
30
morbidity or unhealthy condition
-ia
31
narrowing
-stenosis
32
nutrition/development
-trophy
33
one who
-er
34
pain
-algia, -dynia
35
pertaining to
-ic, -al, -otic, -ac, -ar, -ous, -ical
36
picture
gram
37
pregnancy
-gravida
38
process of
-y
39
recording of data
-graphy
40
to remove or cut out
-ectomy
41
resembling or like/similar
-oid
42
seizure
-lepsy
43
small in size
-ule, -ole
44
softening
-malacia
45
specialist
-ist
46
staying in one place
-stasis
47
stone
-lith
48
stretching
-ectasia
49
study of
-ology
50
surgical fixation
-pexy
51
surgical puncture
-centesis
52
to surgically repair
-plasty
53
swelling
-edema
54
treatment
-therapy
55
tumor
-oma
56
vomiting
-emesis
57
washing
-clysis
