suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-blast
A
embryonic cell
2
Q
-clasia, -clasis, -clast
A
to break
3
Q
-listhesis
A
slipping
4
Q
-malacia
A
softening
5
Q
-physis
A
to grow
6
Q
-porosis
A
pore, passage
7
Q
-tome
A
instrument to cut
8
Q
-desis
A
to bind, tie together
9
Q
-stenosis
A
narrowing
10
Q
-asthenia
A
weakness
11
Q
-trophy
A
development, nourishment
12
Q
-phrenia
A
the mind
13
Q
-phasia
A
speech
14
Q
-kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic
A
movement
15
Q
-praxia
A
action
16
Q
-sthenia
A
strength
17
Q
-algia
A
pain
18
Q
-algesia
A
excessive sensitivity to pain
19
Q
-esthesia
A
feeling, nervous sensation
20
Q
-ictal, -lepsy
A
seizure
21
Q
-paresis
A
partial or incomplete paralysis
22
Q
-plegia
A
paralysis
23
Q
-opia, -opsia
A
vision
24
Q
-ecstasia, -ecstasis
A
dilation, stretching
25
-malacia
softening
26
-lysis
destruction, breakdown, separation
27
-phobia
abnormal fear, aversion to, sensitivity to
28
-ptosis
prolapse, drooping, sagging
29
-rrhea
flow, discharge
30
-spasm
involuntary movement
31
-trophia
to turn
32
-meter
instrument for measuring
33
-metry
measurement of
34
-acousis, -acusis,
hearing
35
-otia
ear condition
36
-algia
pain
37
-ectomy
excision, surgical removal
38
-stomy
surgical opening
39
-in, -ine
a substance
40
-tropin
stimulating the function of
41
-agon
assemble, gather
42
-emia
blood condition
43
-uria
urine condition
44
-megaly
enlargement
45
-oid
resembling
46
-penia
deficiency
