Common Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-ac
A
pertaining to
2
Q
-al
A
pertaining to
3
Q
-algia
A
pain
4
Q
-cele
A
swelling, hernia
5
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture
6
Q
-cide
A
kill
7
Q
-cyte
A
cell
8
Q
-estasis
A
dilation
9
Q
-ectomy
A
surgical removal of
10
Q
-emia
A
blood
11
Q
-gram
A
record
12
Q
-graph(y)
A
record, picture
13
Q
-ia
A
pertaining to
14
Q
-iasis
A
presence of
15
Q
-ic
A
pretaining to
16
Q
-ion
A
small
17
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
18
Q
-ium
A
small, membrane
19
Q
-lith
A
stone, calculus
20
Q
-malacia
A
softening
21
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
22
Q
-oid
A
resembling
23
Q
-logy
A
study of
24
Q
-ostomy
A
create an opening
25
-otomy
cutting into
26
-parous
giving birth
27
-pathy
disease
28
-penia
few
29
-pexy
fixation
30
-phasia
speech
31
-phobia
abnormal fear
32
-plasty
surgical fixation
33
-pnea
to breath
34
-ptosis
droop, sagging
35
-rrhage
excessive
36
-rrhea
discharge
37
-scopy
to visualize
38
-spasm
twitch
39
-stasis
to stop
40
-stenosis
abnormal narrowing
41
-trophy
nutrition
