Common Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-pathy
A
disease
2
Q
-phag
A
to eat
3
Q
-penia
A
lack of or deficiency
4
Q
-sclerosis
A
abnormal hardening
5
Q
-oma
A
tumor, mass
6
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
7
Q
-algia
A
pain
8
Q
-lysis
A
to break down
9
Q
-rrhea-
A
to flow
10
Q
-scope
A
instrument used to view
11
Q
-ist
A
specialist
12
Q
-pexy
A
to suture to
13
Q
-pnea
A
breathing
14
Q
-rrhage-
A
to burst
15
Q
-cyte
A
cell
16
Q
-logy
A
the study of
17
Q
-ectomy
A
surgical removal of
18
Q
-therapy
A
treatment
19
Q
-plasty
A
to surgically repair
20
Q
-osis
A
condition
21
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement of
22
Q
-stomy
A
to create a new surgical opening
23
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture into
24
Q
-plasia
A
to grow or change
25
-emesis
to vomit
26
-malacia
abnormal softening
27
-scopy
the act of using an instrument for viewing
28
-opsy
to view or see
29
-tomy
to cut into surgically; to make an incision
30
-emia
blood
31
-gram
a record of
32
-graph
to record with an instrument
33
-graphy
the act of recording using an instrument
34
-ia
condition
