Suffixes Flashcards
(86 cards)
1
Q
-type
A
picture, classification
2
Q
-ac
A
pertaining to
3
Q
-agon
A
assemble, gather together
4
Q
-al
A
pertaining to
5
Q
-algia
A
pain
6
Q
-ar
A
pertaining to
7
Q
-ary
A
pertaining to
8
Q
-blast
A
embryonic
9
Q
-carcinoma
A
cancer of epithelial origin
10
Q
-cele
A
herniation
11
Q
-centesis
A
surgical punction
12
Q
-cyte
A
cell
13
Q
-desis
A
binding
14
Q
-dynia
A
pain
15
Q
-eal
A
pertaining to
16
Q
-ectomy
A
excision, removal
17
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
18
Q
-genesis
A
production, origin
19
Q
-genic
A
produced by or in
20
Q
-genic
A
pertaining to produced by
21
Q
-globin
A
protein
22
Q
-gram
A
record
23
Q
-graph
A
instrument to record
24
Q
-graphy
A
process of recording
25
-ia
condition
26
-iac
pertaining to
27
-iasis
abnormal condition
28
-ic, ical
pertaining to
29
-icle
small, tiny
30
-idium
small one
31
-in, -ine
a substance
32
-ion
Process
33
-ior
pertaining to
34
-is
structure, thing
35
-ism
process, condition
36
-ist
specialist
37
-itis
inflammation
38
-logy
process of study
39
-lucent
to shine
40
-malacia
softening
41
-megaly
enlargement
42
-meter
instrument to measure
43
-metry
measuring
44
-oid
resembling, like
45
-ole -ule
small, tiny
46
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
47
-oma
tumor
48
-opaque
obscure
49
-opsy
process of viewing
50
-ose
pertaining to, full of
51
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
52
-osis
abnormal or diseased condition
53
-ous
pertaining to
54
-pathy
disease condition
55
-pexy
suspension, fixation
56
-plasia
condition of formation
57
-plasm
formation
58
-plasty
surgical repair of
59
-ptosis
prolapse, drooping
60
-ptosis
falling
61
-rrhage, -rrhagia
bursting forth
62
-rrhaphy
suturing
63
-rrhea
discharge, flow
64
-rrhexis
rupture
65
-sarcoma
connective tissue cancer
66
-sclerosis
abnormal condition of hardening
67
-scope
instrument to visually examine
68
-scopy
process of visually examining
69
-sis
state of; condition
70
-somes
bodies
71
-spasm
spasm; sudden involuntary contraction
72
-stasis
controlling, stopping
73
-stenosis
abnormal condition of narrowing
74
-stomy
making a new opening
75
-therapy
treatment
76
-tion
process of
77
-tome
instrument to cut
78
-tomy
process of cutting, incision
79
-tripsy
crushing
80
-tripter
machine to crush
81
-trite
instrument to crush
82
-tropin
stimulating the function of
83
-um
structure, thing membrane
84
-uria
urine condition
85
-y
condition, process of
86
-zoa
animal
