Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-al / -eal
A
Pertaining to
2
Q
-algia
A
Pain
3
Q
-cyte
A
Cell
4
Q
-ectomy
A
Removal
Excision
Resection
5
Q
-emia
A
Blood condition
6
Q
-globin
A
Protein
7
Q
-gram
A
Record
8
Q
-ia
A
Condition
9
Q
-ic
A
Pertaining to
10
Q
-ism
A
Condition
Process
11
Q
-itis
A
Inflammation
12
Q
-logist
A
Specialist in the study of
13
Q
-logy
A
Study of
14
Q
-oma
A
Tumor
Mass
15
Q
-opsy
A
Process of viewing
16
Q
-osis
A
Abnormal condition
17
Q
-scope
A
Instrument to visually examine
18
Q
-scopy
A
Process of visual examination
19
Q
-sis
A
State of
20
Q
-tomy
A
Process of cutting into
Incision
21
Q
-megaly
A
Enlargement
22
Q
-pathy
A
Disease
Condition
23
Q
-rrhea
A
Flow
Discharge
24
Q
-rrhage / -rrhagia
A
Excessive discharge of blood
25
-sclerosis
Hardening
26
-uria
Condition of urine
27
-ar / -ary
Pertaining to
28
-centesis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid
29
-graphy
Process of recording
30
-lysis
Separation
Breakdown
Destruction
31
-plasty
Surgical repair
| Surgical correction
32
-stomy
Opening
33
-therapy
Treatment
34
-ation
Process
| Condition
35
-cision
Process of cutting
36
-crine
Secretion
37
-dipsia
Thirst
38
-gen
To produce
39
-ine
Pertaining to
40
-lapse
To fall
| Slide
41
-meter
To measure
42
-mission
To send
43
-mortem
Death
44
-ous
Pertaining to
45
-partum
Birth
46
-phagia
Eating
47
-phasia
Speech
48
-plasia
Formation (condition)
49
-plasm
Formation (tissue)
50
-plegia
Paralysis
51
-pnea
Breathing
52
-section
To cut
53
-stasis
To stand
Place
Stop
Control
54
-tension
Pressure
55
-thesis
To put or place
56
-tic
Pertaining to
57
-trophy
Nourishment
| Development
58
-um
Structure
59
-y
Process
| Condition
