Suffixes Cpt.2 Flashcards
(33 cards)
1
Q
-ian
A
Specialist in the field of study
2
Q
-ist
A
Specialist in the field of study
3
Q
-iatrics
A
Medical specialty
4
Q
-iatry
A
Medical specialty
5
Q
-ics
A
Medical specialty
6
Q
-logy
A
Study of
7
Q
-graph
A
Instrument for recording data.
8
Q
-graphy
A
Act of recording data.
9
Q
-gram
A
A record of data.
10
Q
-meter
A
Instrument for measuring.
11
Q
-metry
A
Measuring of
12
Q
-scope
A
Instrument for visual examination.
13
Q
-scopy
A
Process of visually examining.
14
Q
-esthesia
A
Sensation
15
Q
-algesia
A
Pain
16
Q
-osmia
A
Sense of smell
17
Q
-geusia
A
Sense of taste
18
Q
-emia , -hemia
A
Condition of the blood
19
Q
-penia
A
Decrease in
20
Q
-poiesis
A
Formation, production
21
Q
-centesis
A
Surgical puncture
22
Q
-desis
A
Fusion
23
Q
-ectomy
A
Excision
24
Q
-pexy
A
Surgical fixation
25
-plasty
Surgical repair
26
-rhaphy
Suture
27
-stomy
Opening to the outside of the body
(or)
communication
28
-tome
Instrument to incise
29
-tomy
Incision
30
-tripsy
Crushing
31
-lytic
Dissolving , reducing
32
-mimetic
Simulating
33
-tropic
Acting on
