AP1 Common suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
Abnormal cell condition (too many)
A
-cytosis
2
Q
Artificial or surgical opening
A
-ostomy, -stomy, -tomy
3
Q
Binding
A
-desis
4
Q
Blood Condition
A
-emia
5
Q
Breakdown, destruction, separation, loosening, dissolution
A
-lysis
6
Q
Breathing
A
-pnea
7
Q
cell
A
-cyte
8
Q
Condition of
A
-esis, -ia, -iasis, -ism, -ity, -osis, -sis, -tion, -y
9
Q
Cutting into
A
-otomy
10
Q
Cutting out
A
-ectomy
11
Q
Disease, emotion
A
-pathy
12
Q
Drooping, prolapse, sagging, falling down
A
-ptosis
13
Q
Enlargement
A
-megaly
14
Q
Fear of
A
-phobia
15
Q
Flow or discharge
A
-rrhea
16
Q
Formation
A
-plasia
17
Q
Growth or development
A
-trophy
18
Q
Hardening
A
-sclerosis
19
Q
Inflammation
A
-itis
20
Q
Instrument used to examine
A
-scope
21
Q
Instrument used to measure
A
-meter
22
Q
Involuntary movement
A
-spasm
23
Q
Lack of or deficiency
A
-penia
24
Q
New opening
A
-stomy
25
Pain
-algia, -dynia
26
Paralysis, stroke, palsy
-plegia
27
Pertaining to
-ac, -ic, -al, -ous, -tic, -is, -ar, -ary, -ior, -eal
28
Process of measuring
-metry
29
Process of recording
-graphy
30
Process of visual examination
-scopy
31
Protein
-globin
32
Protrusion, hernia, tumor, swelling
-cele
33
Reconstruction or shaping
-plasty
34
Shape
-form
35
Skin
-derma
36
Softening
-malacia
37
Specialist
-ologist
38
Surgical fixation
-pexy, -pexis
39
Surgical puncture
-centesis
40
The study of a specific field
-ology
41
To burst forth, bursting forth
-rrhage
42
To form
-genesis, -genic
43
To suture or fixate
-rrhaphy
44
To swallow or to eat
-phagia
45
To use
-ate,- ize
46
To view
-opsy
47
To vomit
-emesis
48
To write, record, instrument for recording
-graph
49
Tumor, mass, fluid collection
-oma
50
Weight, mark, record
-gram
