suffixes Flashcards
(49 cards)
1
Q
-ac
A
pertaining to
2
Q
-blast
-blasto
-blastic
A
bud, germ
3
Q
-cyte
-cytic
A
cell
4
Q
-dynia
A
pain, swelling
5
Q
-eal
-ial
A
pertaining to
6
Q
-ectasis
A
expansion, dilation
7
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
8
Q
-ia
A
condition
9
Q
-iasis
A
condition, formation of
10
Q
-ism
A
condition
11
Q
-ites
-itis
A
inflammation
12
Q
-ity
A
pertaining to
13
Q
-ium
A
structure or tissue
14
Q
-lysis
-lytic
A
break down, deconstruction, dissolving
15
Q
-malacia
A
softening
16
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
17
Q
-poiesis
A
production
18
Q
-oid
A
resembling
19
Q
-oma
A
tumor
20
Q
-uria
A
in the urine
21
Q
-plegia
A
paralysis
22
Q
-trophy
A
growth
23
Q
-stasis
A
level, unchanging
24
Q
-osis
A
condition
25
-ous
pertaining to
26
-pathy
disease
27
-penia
deficiency, lack of
28
-phagia
-phagy
eating, swallowing
29
-plasia
-plastic
-growth
30
-rrhange
-rrhagic
bleeding
30
-ptosis
falling, drooping
31
-pnea
breathing
32
-rrhea
flow or discharge
33
-sclerosis
hardening
34
-sis
condition
35
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
36
-desis
surgical binding
37
-ectomy
cut out, removal
38
-gram
record, picture
39
-graph
instrument used to create or record a picture
40
-graphy
to record or take picture
41
-ostomy
opening
41
-meter
device used for measuring
42
-opsy
visual examination
43
-otomy
incision
44
-scope
for examining
44
-pexy
surgical fixation
45
-plasty
surgical reconstruction
46
-scopy
examine
