Ch. 2: Suffixes Flashcards
-algia
pain
-asthenia
weakness
-cele
hernia, protrusion
-dynia
pain
-cytosis
abnormal cell condition (too many)
-ectasis
dilated, stretched out
-edema
swelling
-emesis
vomiting
-emia
condition of the blood
-ia
state, condition
-iasis
abnormal condition
-ism
state of, condition
-itis
inflammation
-lith
stone
-lysis
destruction
-lytic
destruction
-malacia
abnormal softening
-megaly
enlarge
-oma
tumor, mass
-osis
abnormal condition
-pathy
disease
-penia
too few
-phobia
fear
-plegia
paralysis
-ptosis
drooping
-rrhage
bursting forth
-rrhagia
bursting forth
-rrhea
discharge, flow
-rrhexis
rupture
-sclerosis
hardened condition
-spasm
involuntary muscle contraction
-stasis
stopping
-stenosis
narrowing
-toxic
poison
-uria
condition of the urine
-clasia
surgical breaking
-desis
surgical fixation
-ectomy
surgical removal, excision
-ostomy
surgically create an opening
-otomy
cutting into, incision
-pexy
surgical fixation
-plasty
surgical repair
-rrhaphy
suture
-tome
instrument to cut
-tripsy
crushing