Common Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-ALGIA
A
PAIN
2
Q
-CENTESIS
A
SURGICAL PUNCTURE INTO
3
Q
-CYTE
A
CELL
4
Q
-ECTOMY
A
SURGICAL REMOVAL OF
5
Q
-EMESIS
A
TO VOMIT
6
Q
-EMIA
A
BLOOD
7
Q
-GRAM
A
A RECORD OF
8
Q
-GRAPH
A
TO RECORD WITH AN INSTRUMENT
9
Q
-GRAPHY
A
THE ACT OF RECORDING USING AN INSTRUMENT
10
Q
-IA
A
CONDITION
11
Q
-IST
A
SPECIALIST
12
Q
-ITIS
A
INFLAMMATON
13
Q
-LOGY
A
THE STUDY OF
14
Q
-LYSIS
A
TO BREAK DOWN
15
Q
-MALACIA
A
ABNORMAL SOFTENING
16
Q
-MEGALY
A
ENLARGEMENT OF
17
Q
-OMA
A
TUMOR
MASS
18
Q
-OPSY
A
TO VIEW OR SEE
19
Q
-OSIS
A
CONDITION
20
Q
-PATHY
A
DISEASE
21
Q
-PENIA
A
LACK OF OR DEFICIENCY
22
Q
-PEXY
A
TO SUTURE TO
23
Q
-PHAG
A
TO EAT
24
Q
-PLASIA
A
TO GROW OR CHANGE
25
Q
-PLASTY
A
TO SURGICALLY REPAIR
26
Q
-PNEA
A
BREATHING
27
Q
-RRHAGE-
A
TO BURST
28
Q
-RRHEA-
A
TO FLOW
29
Q
-SCLEROSIS
A
ABNORMAL HARDENING
30
Q
-SCOPE
A
INSTRUMENT USED TO VIEW
31
Q
-SCOPY
A
THE ACT OF USING AN INSTRUMENT FOR VIEWING
32
Q
-STOMY
A
TO CREATE A NEW SURGICAL OPENING
33
Q
-THERAPY
A
TREATMENT
34
Q
-TOMY
A
TO CUT INTO SURGICALLY
TO MAKE AN INCISION
