Chapter 2: Suffixes Flashcards
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-lysis
A
Destruction or breakdown
2
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-ectomy
A
Surgical removal
3
Q
-desis
A
Binding or fusion
4
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-rrhapy
A
Suture or stitching
5
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-plasty
A
Surgical repair or reconstruction
6
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-pexy
A
Surgical fixation
7
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-tomy
A
Incision or cutting into
8
Q
-tome
A
Instrument for cutting
9
Q
-stomy
A
Creation of an opening
10
Q
-graph
A
Instrument for recording
11
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-gram
A
Record or picture
12
Q
-tripsy
A
Crushing
13
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-scopy
A
Process of examining
14
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-scope
A
Instrument for viewing
15
Q
-graphy
A
Process of recording
16
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-cele
A
Hernia or swelling
17
Q
-dynia
A
Pain
18
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-algia (Greek root)
A
Pain
19
Q
-emia
A
Blood condition
20
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-emesis
A
Vomiting
21
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-ectasis
A
Dilation or expansion
22
Q
-malacia
A
Softening
23
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-genesis
A
Formation or origin
24
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-gen
A
Substance that produces
25
-penia
Deficiency
26
-pathy
Disease or disorder
27
-osis
Abnormal condition
28
-ptosis
Drooping or prolapse
29
-plegia
Paralysis
30
-phobia
Fear
31
-sclerosis
Hardening
32
-rrhexis
Rupture
33
-rrhea
Flow or discharge
34
-toxic
Poisonous
35
-stenosis
Narrowing
36
-spasm
Involuntary contraction
37
-ar
Pertaining to
38
-al
Pertaining to
39
-ac
Pertaining to
40
-ic
Pertaining to
41
-eal
Pertaining to
42
-ary
Pertaining to
43
-tic
Pertaining to
44
-ous
Full of or pertaining to
45
-ior
Pertaining to
46
-iatry
Healing or treatment
47
-ism
Condition or theory
48
-ia
Condition or state
49
-icle
Small or little
50
-y
Condition or process
51
-ist
One who specializes in
52
-ule
Small or little
53
-ole
Small or little
54
peri-
Around or surrounding
55
pre-
Before
56
-clasia
broken bone
57
-clasis
act of breaking bones
58
-clast
tool for breaking
59
-acusia
ability to hear
60
-cusis
state of hearing
61
-otomy
act of creating an opening
62
-ostomy
opening formed from cutting
63
-kinesia
state of movement
64
-kinesis
act of movement
65
-cyesis
state of pregnancy
66
-gravida
number of pregnancies
67
-para
pregnancies resulting in birth
68
-opia
ability to see
69
-opsia
state of vision
