Chapter 2: Pathological and Related Suffixes Flashcards
-algia
pain
ex: neur/agia - pain of a nerve
-dynia
pain
ex: ot/o/dynia - pain in the ear, earache
-cele
hernia, swelling
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
-edema
swelling
-emesis
vomiting
-emia
blood condition
-gen
forming, producing, origin
ex: carcin/o/gen -substance or agent that causes the development or increases the incidence of cancer
-genesis
forming, producing, origin
ex: carcin/o/genesis -transformation of normal cells into cancer cells
-iasis
abnormal condition (produced by something specified)
-itis
inflammation
-lith
stone, calculus
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor
-osis
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
-pathy
disease
-penia
decrease, deficiency
-phagia
eating, swallowing
-phasia
speech
-phoboa
fear
-plasia
formation, growth
ex: dys/plasia -general term for abnormal formation of an anatomic structure
-plasm
formation, growth
ex: neo/plasm - abnormal formation of new tissue, such as a tumor or growth
-plegia
paralysis
-ptosis
prolapse, downward displacement
-rrhage
bursting forth (of) ex: hem/o/rrhage -loss of large amount of blood within a short period, either internally or externally
-rrhagia
bursting forth (of) ex: men/o/rrhagia -profuse discharge of blood during menstruation
-rrhea
discharge, flow
-rrhexis
rupture
-sclerosis
abnormal condition of hardening
-spasm
involuntary contraction, twitching
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
-toxic
poison
-trophy
nourishment, development
