Suffixes Flashcards
(43 cards)
1
Q
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ous, -tic
A
pertaining to
2
Q
-ia
-ism
A
condition
3
Q
-ium
A
tissue, structure
4
Q
-y
A
condition, procedure, process
5
Q
-icle, -ole, -ula, -ule
A
small
6
Q
-iatrics
-iatry
A
medical science
7
Q
-iatrist
A
specialist in medicine of
8
Q
-ist
A
specialist
9
Q
-logist
A
specialist in the study of
10
Q
-logy
A
study of
11
Q
-centesis
A
puncture
12
Q
-gram
A
written record
13
Q
-graph
A
instrument used to produce a record
14
Q
-graphy
A
process of recording
15
Q
-meter
A
instrument used to measure
16
Q
-metry
A
process of measuring
17
Q
-scope
A
instrument used to look
18
Q
-scopy
A
process of looking
19
Q
-algia
-dynia
A
pain
20
Q
-cele
A
hernia(bulging of tissue where it shouldn’t be)
21
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
22
Q
-iasis
A
presence of
23
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
24
Q
-lysis
A
loosen, break down
25
-malacia
abnormal softening
26
-megaly
enlargement
27
-oid
resembling
28
-oma
tumor
29
-osis
condition
30
-pathy
disease
31
-penia
deficiency
32
-ptosis
drooping
33
-rrhage
-rrhagia
excessive flow
34
-rrhea
flow
35
-rrhexis
rupture
36
-spasm
involuntary contraction
37
-desis
binding, fixation
38
-ectomy
removal
39
-pexy
surgical fixation
40
-plasty
reconstruction
41
-rrhaphy
suture
42
-stomy
creation of an opening
43
-tomy
incision
