Suffixes Flashcards
(69 cards)
1
Q
abnormal softening
A
-malacia
2
Q
abnormal hardening
A
-sclerosis
3
Q
seperation of
A
-crit
4
Q
surgical repair
A
-plasty
5
Q
abnormal flow (pertaining to form)
A
-rrhagic
6
Q
breathing
A
-pnea
7
Q
paralysis
A
-plegia
8
Q
eat, swallow
A
-phagia
9
Q
physician
A
-iatrist
10
Q
pertaining to being attracted to
A
-philic
11
Q
skin condition
A
-derma
12
Q
cutting into, incision
A
-otomy
13
Q
surgically create an opening
A
-ostomy
14
Q
state of
A
-ism
15
Q
enlarged
A
-megaly
16
Q
blood condition
A
-emia
17
Q
produces
A
-genesis
18
Q
“pertaining to” beginning with “i”
A
-ic, -ia, -ior, -ine, -ile, -ical, -iac,
19
Q
vomit
A
-emesis
20
Q
“pertaining to” with an “e”
A
-eal
21
Q
drooping
A
-ptosis
22
Q
chest
A
-thorax
23
Q
formation
A
-plastin, -poiesis
24
Q
attracted to
A
-phil
25
small
-ule
26
resembling
-oid
27
that which produces
-gen
28
cell
-cyte
29
pertaining to
-ous, -tic,
30
state of
-ism
31
surgical removal
-ectomy
32
state, condition
-ia
33
abnormal conition
-iasis, -osis
34
mass, tumor
-oma
35
view of
-opsy
36
discharge
-rrhea
37
instrument to cut
-tome
38
condition of sperm
-spermia
39
turned condition
-tropia
40
nourishment, development
-trophy
41
to kill
-cide
42
pertaining to studying
-logic
43
pertaining to development
-trophic, -plastic
44
condition of being attracted to
-philia
45
surgical fixation
-pexy
46
labor, childbirth
-tocia
47
pertaining to (n-word)
-nic
48
chest
-thorax
49
abnormal decrease, too few
-penia
50
medical treatment
-iatry
51
paralysis
-plegia
52
fallopian tube
-salpinx
53
standing still
-stasis
54
beginning
-arche
55
destruction
-lytic
56
action
-ion
57
carbon dioxide
-capnia
58
record of picture
-gram
59
study of
-logy
60
hearing
-cusis
61
digestion
-pepsia
62
specialty of
-istry
63
spitting
-ptysis
64
one who studies
-logist
65
pertaining to poison
-toxic
66
process of measuring
-metry
67
pressure
-tension
68
pain (a-word)
-algia
69
protection
-phylaxis
