Ch 2. Suffixes Flashcards
Ous
Pertaining to
Meter
Measure/ measuring instrument
scopy
Process of
Viewing
Drome
Run or running
Emesis
Vomiting
Malacia
Softening
Opsy
View of (removal or examination)
Oxia
Condition of oxygen
Phagia
Eating
Phasia
Speaking
Physis
Growth
Plegia
Paralysis
Oma
Tumor
Stasis
Standing still
Algia
Condition of pain
Asthenia
Weakness
Atresia
Closure of absence of a normal body opening
Cele
Hernia
Dynia
Pain
Osis
Condition of
ia
Condition of
ism
Condition of disease
Penia
Deficiency
Plasia
Growth/formation
rrhagia
Abnormal discharge
rhea
Discharge
rrhexis
Rupture
Sclerosis
Hardening
ad
Toward
practic
Practice
ac
Pertaining to
al
Pertaining to
ar
Pertaining to
ary
Pertaining to
ic
Pertaining to
ous
Pertaining to
Centesis
Surgical puncture
Clasia,clasis,clast
Break apart
desis
Surgical fusion
graph
Instrument for reading
graphy
Recording process
metry
process of measurement
pexy
Surgical fixation, suspension
phylaxis
Protection
rrhaphy
Suturing
stomy
Surgical creation of an opening
tome
Cutting instrument
tomy
Incision
tripsy
Surgical crushing
ion
Process