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
Inflammatory
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
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 to change
25
-PLASTY
to surgically repair
26
-PNEA
breathing
27
-RRHAGE-
to burst
28
-RRHEA-
To flow
29
-SCLEROSIS-
Abnormal hardening
30
-SCOPE
Instrument used to view
31
-SCOPY
the act of using an instrument for viewing
32
-STOMY
to create a new surgical opening
33
-THERAPY
Treatment
34
-TOMY
to cut into surgically; to make an incision
