Suffixes Flashcards
(59 cards)
1
Q
pain
A
-algia
2
Q
fit; fasten
A
-aps, -apt
3
Q
beginning; origin
A
-arche
4
Q
signifies an enzyme
A
-ase
5
Q
sprout; make
A
-blast
6
Q
a piercing
A
-centesis
7
Q
to kill
A
-cide
8
Q
break; destroy
A
-clast
9
Q
release; secrete
A
-crine
10
Q
a cutting out
A
-ectomy
11
Q
refers to blood condition
A
-emia
12
Q
vomiting
A
-emesis
13
Q
flow
A
-flux
14
Q
creates; forms
A
-gen
15
Q
creation, production
A
-genesis
16
Q
something written
A
-gram
17
Q
to write, draw
A
-graph(y)
18
Q
containing water
A
-hydrate
19
Q
condition; process
A
-ia, -sia
20
Q
abnormal condition
A
-iasis
21
Q
pertaining to
A
-ic, -ac
22
Q
signifies a protein
A
-in
23
Q
signifies “condition of”
A
-ism
24
Q
signifies”inflammation of”
A
-itis
25
rind; peel
-lemma
26
seizure
-lepsy
27
stone; rock
-lith
28
study of
-logy
29
moon; moonlike
-lunar
30
softening
-malacia
31
enlargement
-megaly
32
measurement, length
-metric, -metry
33
like; in the shape of
-oid
34
tumor
-oma
35
vision, vision condition
-opia
36
signifies a carbohydrate (especially sugar)
-ose
37
condition, process
-osis
38
viewing
-oscopy
39
formation of an opening
-ostomy
40
cut
-otomy
41
loving
-philic
42
lack
-penia
43
fearing
-phobic
44
partition
-phragm
45
growth, formation
-plasia
46
substance, matter
-plasm
47
shape; make
-plasty
48
paralysis
-plegia
49
breath, breathing
-pnea
50
breaking out, discharge
-(r)rhage, (r)rhagia
51
sew, suture
-(r)rhapy
52
flow
-(r)rhea
53
body
-some
54
pressure
-tensin, -tension
55
pressure, tension
-tonic
56
crushing
-tripsy
57
small, little
-ule
58
refers to urine condition
-uria
59
pertaining to
-al, -ac
