Suffixes Flashcards
(98 cards)
1
Q
-blast
A
Embryonic
Immature Cell
2
Q
-capnia
A
Carbon Dioxide
3
Q
-ectasis
A
Dilation
Dilatation
Widening
4
Q
-edema
A
Swelling
5
Q
-esthesia
A
Feeling
Nervous Sensation
6
Q
-ia
A
Condition
7
Q
-megaly
A
Elargement
8
Q
-oid
A
Resembling
Originating Form
9
Q
-phonia
A
Voice
Sound
10
Q
-pnea
A
Breathing
11
Q
-poiesis
A
Formation
12
Q
-ptysis
A
Spitting
13
Q
-rrhea
A
Flow
Discharge
14
Q
-spasm
A
Sudden Contraction of Muscles
15
Q
-centesis
A
Surgical Process to Remove Fluid
Puncture to Remove Fluid
16
Q
-gen
A
Substance that Produces
17
Q
-genesis
A
Producing
Forming
18
Q
-gravida
A
Pregnant Woman
19
Q
-iasis
A
Abnormal Condition
20
Q
-penia
A
Deficiency
21
Q
-pexy
A
Fixation
To Put in Place
22
Q
-plasty
A
Surgical Repair
23
Q
-rrhagia
A
Bursting Forth
24
Q
-rrhaphy
A
Suture
25
-salpinx
Fallopian (Uterine) Tube
Oviduct
26
-spermia
Condition of Sperm Cells
27
-stomy
New Opening
To Form a Mouth
28
-ac
-al
-ic
-ical
-eal
-iac
-ior
-ous
-tic
Pertaining To
29
-algia
Pain
30
-cyte
Cell
31
-ectomy
Excision
Removal
32
-emia
Blood Condition
33
-genic
Pertaining to Producing
Produced By
Produced In
34
-globin
Protein
35
-gram
Record
36
-ion
Process
37
-ist
Specialist
38
-itis
Inflammation
39
-logy
Process of Study
40
-oma
Tumor
Mass
Swelling
41
-opsy
Process of Viewing
42
-osis
Condition
Usually Abnormal
43
-pathy
Disease Condition
44
-scope
Instrument to Visually Examine
45
-scopy
Process of Visually Examining
46
-sis
State ofCondition
47
-tomy
Process of Cutting
Incision
48
-y
-ism
Process
Condition
49
-ose
Pertaining To
Full Of
50
-plasm
Formation; Structure
51
-somes
Bodies
52
-type
Picture
Classification
53
-cele
Hernia
54
-coccus
-cocci
Berry Shaped Bacteria
55
-apheresis
Removal
56
-dynia
Pain
57
-graph
Instrument for Recording
58
-graphy
Process of Recording
59
-lysis
Breakdown
Destruction
Separation
60
-malacia
Softening
61
-phobia
Fear
62
-plasia
Development
Formation
Growth
63
-ptosis
Drooping
Falling
Prolapse
64
-sclerosis
Hardening
65
-stasis
Controlling
Stopping
66
-therapy
Treatment
67
-trophy
Development; Nourishment
68
-er
One Who
69
-ole
-ule
Little
Small
70
-um
-ium
Structure
Tissue
71
-us
Structure
Substance
72
-crine
Secrete
73
-phoria
Bear
Carry
Feeling (Mental State)
74
-drome
Run
75
-fusion
Coming Together
To Pour
76
-lapse
Slide
Fall
Sag
77
-ptom
Happening
Occurrence
78
-meter
Measure
79
-mission
Send
80
-or
One Who
81
-oxia
Oxygen
82
-partum
Birth
Labor
83
-clast
To Break
84
-lithesis
Slipping
85
-physis
To Grow
86
-porosis
Pore
Passage
87
-tome
Instrument to Cut
88
-desis
To Bind
Tie Together
89
-ase
Enzyme
90
-chezia
Defacation
Elimination of Wastes
91
-prandial
Meal
92
-arche
Beginning
93
-cyesis
Pregnancy
94
-gravida
Pregnant
95
-parous
Bearing
Bringing Forth
96
-tocia
Labor
Birth
97
-version
Act of Turning
98
