Suffixes Flashcards
(131 cards)
1
Q
-ac
-iac
A
pertaining to
2
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-al
-eal
A
pertaining to
3
Q
-algia
A
pain
4
Q
-cyte
A
cell
5
Q
-ectomy
A
excision, removal
6
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
7
Q
-genic
A
pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
8
Q
-globin
A
protein
9
Q
-gram
A
record
10
Q
-ic
-ical
A
pertaining to
11
Q
-ion
A
process
12
Q
-ist
A
specialist
13
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
14
Q
-logy
A
process of study
15
Q
-oma
A
tumor, mass, swelling
16
Q
-opsy
A
process of viewing
17
Q
-osis
A
condition, usually abnormal (slight increase in numbers when used with blood cells)
18
Q
-pathy
A
disease condition
19
Q
-scope
A
instrument to visually examine
20
Q
-scopy
A
process of visually examining
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Q
-sis
A
state of; condition
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Q
-tomy
A
process of cutting, incision
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Q
-y
A
process, condition
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Q
-plasm
A
structure, formation
25
-somes
bodies
26
-type
classification, picture
27
-ior
pertaining to
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-ism
process, condition
29
-ose
pertaining to, full of
30
-cele
hernia
31
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
32
-coccus (singular)
-cocci (plural)
berry-shaped bacterium/bacteria
33
-dynia
pain
34
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
35
-graph
instrument for recording
36
-graphy
process of recording
37
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
38
-malacia
softening
39
-megaly
enlargement
40
-penia
deficiency
41
-phobia
fear
42
-plasia
development, formation, growth
43
-plasty
surgical repair
44
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
45
-rrhea
flow, discharge
46
-sclerosis
hardening
47
-stasis
controlling, stopping
48
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
49
-therapy
treatment
50
-trophy
development, nourishment
51
-er
-or
one who
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-ia
condition
53
-oid
resembling, derived from
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-ole
little, small
55
-ule
little, small
56
-um
-ium
structure, tissue
57
-us
structure, substance
58
-ar
-ary
pertaining to
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-ous
pertaining to
60
-tic
pertaining to
61
-crine
secrete
62
-drome
run
63
-fusion
coming together; to pour
64
-gen
substance that produces
65
-lapse
slide, fall, sag
66
-meter
measure
67
-mission
send
68
-oxia
oxygen
69
-partum
birth, labor
70
-phoria
bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
71
-physis
grow
72
-pnea
breathing
73
-ptom
happening, occurrence
74
-lucent
to shine
75
-opaque
obscure
76
-sol
solution
77
-amine
indicates a nitrogen-containing compound
78
-ase
enzyme
79
-chezia
defecation, elimination of wastes
80
-prandial
meal
81
-orexia
appetite
82
-chalasia
relaxation
83
-ectasis
-ectasia
dilation (dilatation), widening
84
-emesis
vomiting
85
-pepsia
digestion
86
-phagia
eating, swallowing
87
-ptysis
spitting
88
-rrhage
-rrhagia
bursting forth (of blood)
89
-rrhaphy
suture
90
-spasm
involuntary contraction of muscles
91
-stenosis
narrowing, tightening
92
-tresia
opening
93
-pexy
fixation
94
-poietin
substance that forms
95
-tripsy
crushing
96
-uria
urination; urine condition
97
-arche
beginning
98
-cyesis
pregnancy
99
-gravida
pregnant
100
-parous
bearing, bringing forth
101
-salpinx
fallopian tube
102
-tocia
labor, birth
103
-version
act of turning
104
-one
hormone
105
-pexy
fixation, put in place
106
-algesia
sensitivity to pain
107
-esthesia
feeling, nervous sensation
108
-kinesia
-kinesis
-kinetic
movement
109
-lepsy
seizure
110
-paresis
weakness
111
-phasia
speech
112
-plegia
paralysis
113
-praxia
action
114
-sthenia
strength
115
-ema
condition
116
-osmia
smell
117
-sphyxia
pulse
118
-thorax
pleural cavity, chest
119
-apheresis
removal, a carrying away
120
-blast
immature or embryonic cell
121
-cytosis
abnormal condition of the cells (increase in cells)
122
-lytic
pertaining to destruction
123
-phage
eat, swallow
124
-philia
attraction for (an increase in cell numbers)
125
-phoresis
carrying, transmission
126
-poiesis
formation
127
-clast
to break
128
-lithesis
slipping
129
-porosis
pore, passage
130
-tome
instrument to cut
131
-desis
to bind, tie together
