suffixes Flashcards
(43 cards)
1
Q
pain
A
-algia
-dynia
2
Q
protrusion or hernia
A
-cele
3
Q
surgical puncture to remove fluid
A
-centesis
4
Q
cell
A
-cyte
5
Q
putting on incision
A
-tomy
6
Q
putting an opening
A
-stomy
7
Q
cutting out or surgical resesction
A
-ectomy
8
Q
vomit
A
-emesis
9
Q
blood condition
A
-emia
10
Q
beginning process, origin
A
-genesis
11
Q
inflammation
A
-itis
12
Q
science, study of
A
-logy
13
Q
tumor
A
-oma
14
Q
deficiency of, lack of
A
-penia
15
Q
surgical repair
A
-plasty
16
Q
surgical suturing
A
-rrhaphy
17
Q
surgical fixation
A
-pexy
18
Q
eating
A
-phagia
-phagy
19
Q
abnormal fear
A
-phobia
20
Q
attraction towards
A
-philia
21
Q
breathing
A
-pnea
22
Q
downward displacement
A
-ptosis
23
Q
discharge
A
-rrhagia
24
Q
flow
A
-rrhea
25
rupture, breaking
-rrhexis
26
dilated
-ectasia
27
paralysis
-plegia
28
weakness
-paresis
29
produce
-poiesis
30
urine
-uria
31
growth by increase in number
-plasia
32
growth by increase in size
-trophy
33
treatment
-therapy
34
to visualize
-scopy
35
instrument to visualize
-scope
36
disease
-pathy
37
to look into
-opsy
38
enlarged
-megaly
39
softening
-malacia
40
dissolve, breakdown
-lysis
41
procedure
-graphy
42
instrument
-graph
43
record
-gram
