Chapter 2-Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
Hemat
A
blood
2
Q
-emesis
A
vomitting
3
Q
Arthr
A
joint
4
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
5
Q
Oste
A
bone
6
Q
-oma
A
tumor
7
Q
-logy
A
study of
8
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture
9
Q
-dynia
A
pain
10
Q
Encephal
A
brain
11
Q
mening
A
meninges
12
Q
-pathy
A
disease
13
Q
Surgical suffixes
A
describe a type of invasive procedure performed on a body part
14
Q
Diagnostic suffixes
A
describe a procedure performed to identify the cause and nature of an illness
15
Q
Pathological suffixes
A
describe abnormal condition or disease
16
Q
-clasis
A
to break; surgical fracture
17
Q
-desis
A
binding, fixation (bone and joint)
18
Q
-ectomy
A
excision, removal
19
Q
-lysis
A
seperation, destruction
20
Q
-pexy
A
fixation (of organ)
21
Q
-rrhaphy
A
suture
22
Q
-stomy
A
forming an opening
23
Q
-tome
A
instrument to cut
24
Q
-tomy
A
incision
25
-tripsy
crushing
26
append
appendix
27
thromb
blood clot
28
rhin/o
nose
29
my/o
muscle
30
trache/o
trachea
31
lith/o
stone, calculus
32
mast/o
breast
33
-gram
record, writing
34
-graph
instrument for recording
35
-graphy
process of recording
36
-scope
instrument for examining
37
-scopy
visual examination
38
electr/o
electrical
39
endo-
within
40
-algia
pain
41
-dynia
pain
42
-cele
hemia, swelling
43
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
44
-emesis
vomiting
45
-emia
blood condition
46
-gen
forming, producing
47
-genesis
origin
48
-itis
inflammation
49
-malacia
softening
50
-megaly
enlargement
51
-oma
tumor
52
-osis
abnormal condition, increase
53
-pathy
disease
54
-penia
decrease, deficiency
55
-phobia
fear
56
-plegia
paralysis
57
-ptosis
prolapse, downward displace
58
-rrhea
discharge, flow
59
-rrhexis
rupture
60
-sclerosis
abnormal condition of hardening
61
neur/o
nerve
62
ot/o
ear
63
bronchi/
bronchi
64
carcin/o
cancer
65
cardi/o
heart
66
cyan/o
blue
67
hem/o
blood
68
quadri/
four
69
blephar/o
eyelid
70
dia/
through
71
ateri/o
artery
72
-spasm
involuntary contraction, twitch
73
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
74
-toxic
poison
75
-ac
pertaining to
76
-al
pertaining to
77
-ar
pertaining to
78
-ary
pertaining to
79
-eal
pertaining to
80
-ic
pertaining to
81
-ior
pertaining to
82
-ous
pertaining to
83
-tic
pertaining to
84
-ia
condition
85
-ism
condtion
86
-iarty
medicine; treatment
87
-ist
medicine; treatment
88
-y
condition; process
89
-icle
small, minute
90
-ole
small, minute
91
-ule
small, minute
92
pulmon/
lungs
93
esophag/
esophagus
94
thorac/
chest
95
poster/
back (of the body)
96
cutane/
skin
97
acous/
hearing
98
pneumon/
lungs (air)
99
thyroid
thyroid gland
100
psych/
mind
101
ventr/
belly
102
ven/
vein
