Chapter 4 Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-crine
A
to secrete
2
Q
-drome
A
to run
3
Q
-fusion
A
coming together; to pour
4
Q
-gen
A
substance that produces
path/o/gen
substance that produces disease
5
Q
-lapse
A
to slide, fall, sag
6
Q
-lysis
A
breakdown, destruction, separation
7
Q
-meter
A
to measure
8
Q
-mission
A
to send
9
Q
-or
A
one who
10
Q
-partum
A
birth, labor
11
Q
-phoria
A
to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
12
Q
-physis
A
to grow
sym/physis - to grow together with two parts.
pubis symphysis - joint of cartilage that joins the right and left pubic bone together
13
Q
-plasia
A
development, formation, growth
CF plas/o formatin development
hyper/plasia - increase in the number (development) of cells
14
Q
-plasm
A
structure or formation
15
Q
-pnea
A
breathing
Brady/penia - breathing slowly hypoventilation
hyper/penia - breathing rapidly
