Chapter 2 - Suffixes Flashcards
Define the Suffix:
-emesis
Vomiting
Define the suffix:
-itis
Inflammation
Define the suffix:
-oma
Tumor
Define the suffix:
-logy
Study of
Define the Suffix:
-centesis
Surgical puncture
Define the suffix:
-dynia
Pain
Define the suffix:
-pathy
Disease
Define the suffix:
-clasis
To break, surgical fracture
Define the suffix:
-desis
Binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
Define the suffix:
-ectomy
Excision, removal
Define the suffix:
-lysis
Separation, destruction, loosening
Define the suffix:
-pexy
Fixation (of an organ)
Define the suffix:
-plasty
Surgical repair
Define the suffix:
-rrhaphy
Suture
Define the suffix:
-stomy
Forming an opening (mouth)
Define the suffix:
-tome
Instrument to cut
Define the suffix:
-tomy
Incision
Define the suffix:
-tripsy
Crushing
Define the suffix:
-gram
Record, writing
Define the suffix:
-graph
Instrument for recording
Define the suffix:
-graphy
Process of recording
Define the suffix:
-scope
Instrument for examining
Define the suffix:
-scopy
Visual examination
Define the suffix:
-algia
Pain
Define the suffix:
-cele
Hernia, swelling
Define the suffix:
-ectasis
Dilation, expansion
Define the suffix:
-emia
Blood condition
Define the suffix:
-gen
-genesis
Forming, producing, origin
Define the suffix:
-malacia
Softening
Define the suffix:
-megaly
Enlargement
Define the suffix:
-osis
Abnormal condition: increase (used primarily with blood cells)
Define the suffix:
-penia
Decrease, deficiency
Define the suffix:
-phobia
Fear
Define the suffix:
-plegia
Paralysis
Define the suffix:
-ptosis
Prolapse, downward displacement
Define the suffix:
-rrhea
Discharge, flow
Define the suffix:
-rrhexis
Rupture
Define the suffix:
-sclerosis
Abnormal condition of hardening
Define the suffix:
-spasm
Involuntary contraction, twitching
Define the suffix:
-stenosis
Narrowing, stricture
Define the suffix:
-toxic
Poison
Define the suffix:
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ior, -ous, -tic
Pertaining to
Define the suffix:
-ia, -ism
Condition
Define the suffix:
-iatry, -ist
Medicine, treatment
Define the suffix:
-y
Condition, process
Define the suffix:
-icle, -ole, -ule
Small, minute
Build a surgical word that means:
Forming an opening (mouth) into the colon:
Colostomy
Build a surgical word that means:
Excision of the colon
Colectomy
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Instrument to cut bone
Osteotome
Build a surgical word that means:
Surgical puncture of a joint
Arthrocentesis
Build a surgical word that means:
Incision to remove a stone
Lithotomy
Build a surgical word that means:
Excision of a breast
Masectomy
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Incision of the tympanic membrane
Tympanotomy
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Forming an opening (mouth) into the trachea
Tracheostomy
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Excision of the spleen
Splenectomy
Build a surgical word that means:
Surgical repair of the nose
Rhinoplasty
Build a surgical word that means:
Fixation of a joint
Arthrodesis
Build a surgical word that means:
Suture of a muscle
Myorrhaphy
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Suture of the bladder
Cystorrhaphy
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Surgical repair of tendons
Tenoplasty
Build a surgical word that means:
Surgical fracture of a bone
Osteoclasis
Build a surgical word that means:
Crushing stones
Lithotripsy
Build a surgical word that means:
Separation of intestinal (adhesions)
Enterolysis
Build a surgical word that means:
Crushing a nerve
Neurotripsy
