Ch 2: Diagnosis & Symptoms Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-algia
A
pain
2
Q
-cele
A
hernia, swelling, tumor, protrusion
3
Q
-dynia
A
pain
4
Q
-ectasis
A
dilation
5
Q
-emia
A
blood
6
Q
-gen
A
producing, beginning
7
Q
-gram
A
record
8
Q
-graph
A
instrument
9
Q
-graphy
A
process of recording
10
Q
-iasis
A
condition or disease
11
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
12
Q
-logy
A
study of/ science of
13
Q
-malacia
A
softening
14
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
15
Q
-meter
A
instrument for measuring
16
Q
-metry
A
process of measuring
17
Q
-oid
A
resemble
18
Q
-oma
A
tumor or swelling
19
Q
-osis
A
abnormal condition
20
Q
-pathy
A
disease
21
Q
-penia
A
disease, deficiency
22
Q
-phagia
A
eating, swallowing
23
Q
-phasia
A
speech
24
Q
-plegia
A
paralysis
25
-phobia
fear
26
-ptosis
prolapse, falling, dropping,
27
-rrhage
burst forth, hemorrhage
28
-rrhea
discharge, flow
29
-rrhexis
rupture
30
-sclerosis
hardening
31
-scopy
examination, view
32
-spasm
involuntary, contraction, twitching of a muscle
33
-desis
bind, fixate
