Diagnosis and Symptom Suffixes (33) Flashcards
-algia
ceph/algia
pain
head/pain
-cele
hepat/o/cele
hernia, swelling, tumor, protrusion
liver/protrusion
-dynia
cephal/o/dynia
pain
head/pain
-ectasis
bronchi/ectasis
dilation
bronchus/dilation
-emia
polycyth/emia
blood
many/blood
-gen
carcin/o/gen
producing, beginning
cancer/producing
-gram
encephal/o/gram
record
brain/recording
-graph
cardi/o/graph
instrument
heart/instrument
-graphy
en/cephal/o/graphy
process of recording
in head/recording/process of
-iasis
cholelith/iasis
condition or disease
gall (bile) stones/abnormal condition
-itis
gastr/itis
inflammation
stomach/inflammation
-logy
bio/olg/y
study of, science of
life/study/process of
-malacia
osteo/malac/ia
softening
bone/softening/refers to
-megaly
hepato/megal/y
enlargement
liver/enlargement/process of
-meter
cranio/meter
instrument for measuring
cranium/measuring instrument
-metry
pelvi/metr/y
process of measuring
pelvis/measuring/procedure of
-oid
lip/oid
resemble
fat/resembling
-oma
aden/oma
tumor or swelling
gland/swelling
-osis
dermat/osis
abnormal condition
skin/abnormal condition
-pathy
nephro/path/y
disease
kidney/disease/process of
-penia
leukocyto/penia
decrease, deficiency
white/cell decrease
-phagia
dys/phag/ia
eating, swallowing
difficult/swallowing/refers to
-phasia
a/phas/ia
speech
without/speech/refers to
-plegia
hemi/plegia
paralysis
half/paralysis
-phobia
acro/phobia
fear
top or extremities/fear
-ptosis
hysterp/ptosis
prolapse, falling, dropping
uterus/prolapse
-rrhage
hemo/rrhage
burst forth, hemorrhage
blood/burst forth
-rrhea
meno/rrhea
discharge, flow
monthly/flow
-rrhexis
angio/rrhexis
rupture
vessel/rupture
-sclerosis
arterio/scler/o/sis
hardening
artery/hard/condition
-scopy
oto/scop/y
examination, view
ear/exam/procedure of
-spasm
blepharo/spasm
involuntary contraction, twitching of a muscle
eyelid/contraction
-desis
teno/desis
bind/fixate
fix tendon to bone
