Suffixes Flashcards
(60 cards)
1
Q
-algia
A
pain
2
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
3
Q
-ia
A
condition
4
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
5
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
6
Q
-oma
A
tumor
7
Q
-osis
A
condition, abnormal condition
8
Q
-pathy
A
disease condition
9
Q
-rrhea
A
flow, discharge
10
Q
-rrhage or -rrhagia
A
excessive discharge of blood
11
Q
sclerosis
A
hardening
12
Q
-uria
A
condition of urine
13
Q
-al or -eal
A
pertaining to
14
Q
-ar -ary
A
pertaining to
15
Q
-ic
A
pertaining to
16
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fluid
17
Q
ectomy
A
removal, resection, excision
18
Q
-gram
A
record
19
Q
-graphy
A
process of recording
20
Q
-lysis
A
separation, breakdown, destruction
21
Q
-plasty
A
surgical repair, or surgical correction
22
Q
-scopy
A
process of visual examination
23
Q
-stomy
A
opening
24
Q
-therapy
A
treatment
25
-tomy
incision, cutting into
26
-trophy
nourishment; development
27
-pnea
breathing
28
-stasis
to stand, place, stop, control
29
-tension
pressure
30
-phasia
speech
31
phagia
eating
32
-partum
birth
33
-gen
to produce
34
-crine
secretion
35
-dipsia
thirst
36
-lapse
to fall, slide
37
-cele
hernia
38
-crine
secretion
39
crit
separation
40
-cyte
cell
41
-dynia
pain
42
-emesis
vomiting
43
-globin
protein
44
-lith
stone
45
-malacia
softening
46
meter
measure
47
osis
abnormal condition
48
-partum
birth
49
penia
deficiency
50
-pexy
fixation (surgical)
51
-phasia
speech
52
-philia
attraction to
53
-plasm -plasia
development, growth, formation
54
plasty
surgical repair
55
-plegia
paralysis
56
-ptosis
prolapse, sagging
57
rrhaphy
suture
58
-spasm
constriction
59
stenosis
narrowing
60
rrhexis
rupture
