Suffixes Flashcards
(33 cards)
1
Q
-ALGIA
A
Pain
2
Q
-CENTESIS
A
Surgical puncture into
3
Q
-CYTE
A
Cell
4
Q
-ECTOMY
A
Surgical removal of
5
Q
-EMESIS
A
To vomit
6
Q
-EMIA
A
Blood
7
Q
-GRAM
A
A record of
8
Q
-GRAPH
A
To record with an instrument
9
Q
-GRAPHY
A
The act of recording using an instrument
10
Q
-IA
A
Condition
11
Q
-IST
A
Specialist
12
Q
-ITIS
A
Inflammation
13
Q
-LOGY
A
The study of
14
Q
-LYSIS
A
To break down
15
Q
-MALACIA
A
Abnormal softening
16
Q
-MEGALY
A
Enlargement of
17
Q
-OMA
A
Tumor, mass
18
Q
-OPSY
A
To view or see
19
Q
-OSIS
A
Condition
20
Q
-PATHY
A
Disease
21
Q
-PENIA
A
Lack of deficiency
22
Q
-PEXY
A
To suture to
23
Q
-PHAG
A
To eat
24
Q
-PLASIA
A
To grow or change
25
-PLASTY
To surgically repair
26
-PNEA
Breathing
27
-RRHAGE
To flow
28
-SCLEROSIS
Abnormal hardening
29
-SCOPE
Instrument used to view
30
-SCOPY
The act of using an instrument for viewing
31
-STOMY
Cystostomy
32
-THERAPY
Treatment
33
-TOMY
To make an incision. To cut into surgically.
