Common Suffixes Flashcards

1
Q

-ALGIA

A

Pain

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2
Q

-CENTESIS

A

Surgical puncture into

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3
Q

-CYTE

A

Cell

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4
Q

-ECTOMY

A

Surgical removal of

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5
Q

-EMESIS

A

To vomit

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6
Q

-EMIA

A

Blood

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7
Q

-GRAM

A

A record of

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8
Q

-GRAPH

A

To record with an instrument

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9
Q

-GRAPHY

A

the act of recording using an instrument

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10
Q

-IA

A

Condition

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11
Q

-IST

A

specialist

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12
Q

-ITIS

A

Inflammatory

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13
Q

-LOGY

A

The Study of

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14
Q

-LYSIS

A

to break down

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15
Q

-MALACIA

A

abnormal softening

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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
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