suffixes Flashcards
(45 cards)
1
Q
where are suffixes found?
A
at the end of medical terms
2
Q
suffixes provide information ab the word root related to:
A
conditions, diseases, procedures
3
Q
-ectomy
A
surgical removal
4
Q
-gram
A
a record
5
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
6
Q
-logy
A
study of
7
Q
-megaly
A
enlarged
8
Q
-pathy
A
disease
9
Q
-cle
A
small (vesicle)
10
Q
-cyesis
A
pregnancy
11
Q
-cyte
A
cell
12
Q
-derma
A
skin condition
13
Q
-dipsia
A
thirst
14
Q
-esthesia
A
feeling, sensation
(anesthesia)
15
Q
-gen
A
that which produces
(mutagen)
16
Q
-genesis
A
produces
17
Q
-genic
A
producing
18
Q
-globin
A
protein
19
Q
-globulin
A
protein
20
Q
-gravida
A
pregnancy
(multigravida- multiple pregnancies)
21
Q
-kinesia
A
movement
22
Q
-oid
A
resembling
(lipoid- resembling fat)
23
Q
-ole
A
small (arteriole)
24
Q
-opia
A
vision
25
-opsy
view of (biopsy)
26
-osmia
sense of smell
27
-oxia
oxygen
28
-para
to bear (offspring)
29
-partum
childbirth
30
-pepsia
digestion
31
-phagia
eating, swallowing
32
-phasia
speech
33
-phil
attracted to (eosinophil)
34
-phonia
voice
35
-plasia
formation of cells
36
-plasm
formation
37
-pnea
breathing
38
-poiesis
formation
39
-porosis
porous
40
-ptysis
spitting
41
-therapy
treatment
42
-thorax
chest
43
-trophic
development
44
-trophy
development
45
-ule
small
