Suffixes Flashcards
(40 cards)
1
Q
-Emesis
A
vomiting
2
Q
-Oma
A
tumor
3
Q
-Centesis
A
surgical puncture
4
Q
-Dynia
A
pain
5
Q
-Pathy
A
disease
6
Q
-Clasis
A
to break, surgical fracture
7
Q
-Desis
A
binding/fixation (of bone or joint)
8
Q
-Lysis
A
separation, destruction, loosening
9
Q
-Pexy
A
fixation of an organ
10
Q
-Rrhaphy
A
suture
11
Q
-Stomy
A
forming an opening
12
Q
-Tome
A
instrument to cut
13
Q
-Tomy
A
incision
14
Q
-Tripsy
A
crushing
15
Q
-Gram
A
the result of the recording
16
Q
-Graph
A
instrument for recording
17
Q
-Graphy
A
process of recording
18
Q
-Scopy
A
visual examination
19
Q
-Algia
A
pain
20
Q
-Dynia
A
pain
21
Q
-Cele
A
hernia, swelling
22
Q
-Ectasis
A
dilation, expansion
23
Q
-Emia
A
blood condition
24
Q
-Gen/-Genesis
A
forming, producing, origin
25
-Malacia
softening
26
-Osis
abnormal condition
27
-Penia
decrease, deficiency
28
-Plegia
paralysis
29
-Ptosis
prolapse, downward placement
30
-Rrhea
discharge, flow
31
-Rrhexis
rupture
32
-Sclerosis
hardening
33
-Spasm
Involuntary contraction
34
-Stenosis
narrowing, stricture
35
-Ia/-Ism
condition
36
-Iatry/-Ist
medicine, treatment
37
-Y
condition, process
38
-Plasia
development, formation, growth
39
-Drome
to run
40
-Megaly
enlargement
