Suffixes - Prefixes Flashcards
-centesis
to puncture, perforate, or tap -
permitting withdrawal of fluid, air, etc.
-ectomy
to excise or surgically remove
-ize
use, subject to
-pexy
fixation or suturing (a stabilizing type
of repair)
-plasty
to shape, the surgical formation of, or
plastic surgery
-rraphy
to surgically repair by joining in a seam
or by suturing together
-stomy
to make a new, artificial opening in a
hollow organ (to the outside of the body),
or to make a new opening between two
hollow organs
-tomy
to incise or cut into (making an incision)
-algia
pain
-emesis
vomit
-emia
hypoglycemia
blood condition
-esis , -iasis , -asis
psoriasis
infestation or infection with,
a condition characterized by
-genesis
development/origin
-ism
a state or condition, a fact of
being, result of a process
-itis
inflammation of
-megaly
enlarged
-oma
tumor
-osis
Nephrosis
abnormal condition or
process of degeneration
-path , -pathy
disease
-penia
….lipopenia
lack or deficiency of
-phage , -phagy
eating
-phobia
abnormal fear or
intolerance of
-plasia, - plastic, -plasty
forming, growing,
changing
-pnea
breathing
-rrhea
flow or discharge
a- , an-
without, not having
