Common Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-al, -eal, -ar, -ary, -ic, -iac
A
pertaining to
2
Q
-algia
A
painful, condition of pain
3
Q
-cyte
A
cell
4
Q
-ectomy
A
surgical removal
5
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
6
Q
-graft
A
transplantation
7
Q
-gram
A
record
8
Q
-graph
A
instrument for recording data
9
Q
-graphy
A
process of recording
10
Q
-ia
A
condition or abnormal condition
11
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
12
Q
-logy
A
study of
13
Q
-lysis
A
separation or breakdown
14
Q
-lytic
A
dissolving, reducing, breakdown
15
Q
-malacia
A
softening
16
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
17
Q
-oma
A
tumor
18
Q
-osis
A
condition
19
Q
-oxia
A
oxygen
20
Q
-pathy
A
disease
21
Q
-penia
A
decreased, deficient, reduced
22
Q
-phagia
A
eating
23
Q
-phasia
A
speech
24
Q
-plasia
A
formation, growth
25
-plasm
growth
26
-plasty
surgical repair
27
-pnea
breathing
28
-prandial
meal
29
-rrage
excessive discharge
30
-rrhea
flow or discharge
31
-sarcoma
malignant tumor
32
-scopy
process of visual examination
33
-stenosis
narrowing
34
-stomy
opening
35
-tomy
incision
36
-uria
condition of the urine
