Combining Forms and Related Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
cyt/o
-cyte
A
cell
2
Q
gen/o
- genic
- genesis
A
- beginning, origin
- produced by or in
- producing or forming
3
Q
gram/o
- gram
- graph
- graphy
A
-to record
-a record
-instrument for recording
process of recording
4
Q
kinesi/o
- kinesia
- kinesis
A
movement, motion
5
Q
leps/o
-lepsy
A
seizure
6
Q
lys/o
- lysin
- lysis
- lytic
A
- destruction, dissolving
- process of destroying
- capable of or producing destruction
7
Q
malac/o
-malacia
A
soft or softening
abnormal softening
8
Q
megalo/o
-megalo
A
large, enlarged, enlargement
9
Q
metr/o
- meter
- metry
A
- measure
- instrument used to measure
- process of measuring
10
Q
path/o
-pathy
A
disease
11
Q
phag/o
-phagia, -phagic, -phagy
A
eat, ingest, eating, swallowing
12
Q
phas/o
-phasia
A
speech
13
Q
pleg/o
-plegia
A
paralysis
14
Q
schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o
-schisis
A
split, cleft
15
Q
scler/o
-sclerosis
A
hard, hardening
