Chapter 2 - Suffixes Flashcards by Linnaea Grantham | Brainscape

Q

Define the Suffix:

-emesis

A

Vomiting

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Define the suffix:

-itis

A

Inflammation

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Q

Define the suffix:

-oma

A

Tumor

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Q

Define the suffix:

-logy

A

Study of

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Q

Define the Suffix:

-centesis

A

Surgical puncture

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Q

Define the suffix:

-dynia

A

Pain

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Q

Define the suffix:

-pathy

A

Disease

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Q

Define the suffix:

-clasis

A

To break, surgical fracture

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Q

Define the suffix:

-desis

A

Binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

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Q

Define the suffix:

-ectomy

A

Excision, removal

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Q

Define the suffix:

-lysis

A

Separation, destruction, loosening

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Q

Define the suffix:

-pexy

A

Fixation (of an organ)

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Q

Define the suffix:

-plasty

A

Surgical repair

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Q

Define the suffix:

-rrhaphy

A

Suture

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Q

Define the suffix:

-stomy

A

Forming an opening (mouth)

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Q

Define the suffix:

-tome

A

Instrument to cut

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Q

Define the suffix:

-tomy

A

Incision

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Q

Define the suffix:

-tripsy

A

Crushing

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Q

Define the suffix:

-gram

A

Record, writing

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Q

Define the suffix:

-graph

A

Instrument for recording

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Q

Define the suffix:

-graphy

A

Process of recording

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Q

Define the suffix:

-scope

A

Instrument for examining

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Q

Define the suffix:

-scopy

A

Visual examination

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Q

Define the suffix:

-algia

A

Pain

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Q

Define the suffix:

-cele

A

Hernia, swelling

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Q

Define the suffix:

-ectasis

A

Dilation, expansion

Q

Define the suffix:

-emia

A

Blood condition

Q

Define the suffix:

-gen
-genesis

A

Forming, producing, origin

Q

Define the suffix:

-malacia

A

Softening

Q

Define the suffix:

-megaly

A

Enlargement

Q

Define the suffix:

-osis

A

Abnormal condition: increase (used primarily with blood cells)

Q

Define the suffix:

-penia

A

Decrease, deficiency

Q

Define the suffix:

-phobia

A

Fear

Q

Define the suffix:

-plegia

A

Paralysis

Q

Define the suffix:

-ptosis

A

Prolapse, downward displacement

Q

Define the suffix:

-rrhea

A

Discharge, flow

Q

Define the suffix:

-rrhexis

A

Rupture

Q

Define the suffix:

-sclerosis

A

Abnormal condition of hardening

Q

Define the suffix:

-spasm

A

Involuntary contraction, twitching

Q

Define the suffix:

-stenosis

A

Narrowing, stricture

Q

Define the suffix:

-toxic

A

Poison

Q

Define the suffix:

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ior, -ous, -tic

A

Pertaining to

Q

Define the suffix:

-ia, -ism

A

Condition

Q

Define the suffix:

-iatry, -ist

A

Medicine, treatment

Q

Define the suffix:

-y

A

Condition, process

Q

Define the suffix:

-icle, -ole, -ule

A

Small, minute

Q

Build a surgical word that means:

Forming an opening (mouth) into the colon:

A

Colostomy

Q

Build a surgical word that means:

Excision of the colon

A

Colectomy

Q

Build a surgical word that means:

Instrument to cut bone

A

Osteotome

Q

Build a surgical word that means:

Surgical puncture of a joint

A

Arthrocentesis

Q

Build a surgical word that means:

Incision to remove a stone

A

Lithotomy

Q

Build a surgical word that means:

Excision of a breast

A

Masectomy

Q

Build a surgical word that means:

Incision of the tympanic membrane

A

Tympanotomy

Q

Build a surgical word that means:

Forming an opening (mouth) into the trachea

A

Tracheostomy

Q

Build a surgical word that means:

Excision of the spleen

A

Splenectomy

Q

Build a surgical word that means:

Surgical repair of the nose

A

Rhinoplasty

Q

Build a surgical word that means:

Fixation of a joint

A

Arthrodesis

Q

Build a surgical word that means:

Suture of a muscle

A

Myorrhaphy

Q

Build a surgical word that means:

Suture of the bladder

A

Cystorrhaphy

Q

Build a surgical word that means:

Surgical repair of tendons

A

Tenoplasty

Q

Build a surgical word that means:

Surgical fracture of a bone

A

Osteoclasis

Q

Build a surgical word that means:

Crushing stones

A

Lithotripsy

Q

Build a surgical word that means:

Separation of intestinal (adhesions)

A

Enterolysis

Q

Build a surgical word that means:

Crushing a nerve

A

Neurotripsy