Chapter 1: Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-ac
A
Pertaining to
Example: cardiac
2
Q
-al
A
Pertaining to
Example: neural
3
Q
-algia
A
Pain
Example: arthralgia
4
Q
-cyte
A
Cell
Example: erythrocyte
5
Q
-ectomy
A
Excision, removal
Example: nephrectomy
6
Q
-emia
A
Blood condition
Example: leukemia
7
Q
-genic
A
Pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in
Example: carcinogenic
8
Q
-globin
A
Protein
Example: hemoglobin
9
Q
-gram
A
Record
Example: electrocardiogram
10
Q
- ic
- ical
A
Pertaining to
Examples: gastric, pathological
11
Q
-ion
A
Process
Example: excision
12
Q
-ist
A
Specialist
Example: oncologist
13
Q
-itis
A
Inflammation
Example: encephalitis
14
Q
-logy
A
Process of study
Example: radiology
15
Q
-oma
A
Tumor, mass, swelling
Example: neuroma
