Suffixes Flashcards
(77 cards)
1
Q
-ac
A
pertaining to
cardiac
2
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-al
A
pertaining to
3
Q
-algia
A
pain
4
Q
-cyte
A
cell
5
Q
-ectomy
A
removal; excision; resection
6
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
7
Q
-genic
A
produced by or in
carcinogenic cigarette smoke
8
Q
-globin
A
protien
9
Q
-gram
A
record
10
Q
-ic, ical
A
pertaining to
gastric
nerologic
11
Q
-ion
*conduction …of transferring heat to another item
A
process
12
Q
-ist
A
specialist
13
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
14
Q
-logy
A
process of study
complex suffix = log/y
15
Q
-oma
A
tumor; mass; fluid collection
16
Q
-opsy
A
process of visually viewing
view of
17
Q
-osis
Cyanosis ….of being blue
A
condition, usually abnormal
18
Q
-pathy
A
disease condition
19
Q
-scope
A
instrument for visual examination
20
Q
-scopy
A
process of visual examination
21
Q
-sis
A
state of; condition
prognosis
22
Q
-tomy
A
process of cutting
23
Q
-y
A
condition; process
24
Q
“pertaining to”
A
-ac,
-ic,
-ical,
-al
25
-eal
pertaining to
26
-iac
pertaining to
27
-ior
pertaining to
28
-ism
process, condition
29
-ose
pertaining to, full of
30
-plasm
Formation
31
-somes
bodies
32
-type
picture, classification
33
-cele
hernia
rectocele
34
-centesis
puncture to remove fluid
amniocentesis
35
-coccus
(singular)
berry-shaped bacterium
streptococcus
36
-cocci
(plural)
berry-shaped bacterium
(plural: bacteria)
37
-malacia
softening
osteomalacia
chondromalacia
38
- dynia
pain
39
-genesis
Process of producing
condition of producing, forming
40
-graph
instrument to record
41
-graphy
process of recording
42
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
43
-megaly
enlargement
44
-penia
deficiency
neutropenia
In this term, neutr/o indicates neutrophil (a type of white blood cell).
45
-phobia
fear
46
-plasia
Condition of formation development , growth
47
-plasty
surgical repair
angioplasty
48
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
49
-rrhea
flow, discharge
rhinorrhea
50
-sclerosis
hardening
51
-stasis
to stop
controlling, stopping
52
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
colostomy
tracheostomy
53
-therapy
treatment
54
-trophy
atrophy
development
Nourishment
hypertrophy
(hy-PER-tro-fe)
atrophy
55
-er
one who
radiographer
56
-ia
paraplegia
condition
57
-oid
resembling, derived from
opioid
58
-ole
little, small
59
-ule
little, small
60
-um,
-ium
Pericardium
Body structure or tissue
Pericardium This membrane surrounds the heart.
61
-us
structure, substance
mucus
62
-ar, ary
pertaining to
63
-ous
pertaining to
64
-tic
pertaining to
65
-crine
Secrete
66
-drome
Syndrome or "to run"
67
-fusion
coming together; to pour
68
-gen
Substance that produces
69
-lapse
pro/lapse or re/lapse
slide, sag, fail
70
-meter
Measure
71
-mission
send
72
-oxia
Oxygen
73
-partum
Birth, labor
74
-phoria
feeling (mental state), bear, carry
75
-physis
morphysis
grow
76
-pnea
Breathing
77
-ptom
Happening or occurrence
