Diagnostic Suffixes Flashcards
-algia
Pain
-emia
Blood condition
-ia
Condition
-itis
Inflammation
-megaly
Enlargement
-oma
Mass, tumor
-osis
Condition, abnormal condition
-pathy
Disease condition
-rrhea
Flow, discharge
-rrhage
Excessive
-rrhagia
Discharge of blood
-sclerosis
Hardening
-uria
Condition of urine
-al or -eal
Pertaining to
-ar
Pertaining to
-ary
Pertaining to
-ic
Pertaining to
-ation
Process, condition
-cision
Process of cutting
-crine
Secretion
-dipsia
Thirst
-gen
To produce
-ine
Pertaining to
-lapse
To fall, slide
-lysis
Loosening, breakdown, separation, destruction
-meter
To measure
-mission
To send
-mortem
Death
-ous
Pertaining to
-phagia
Eating
-phasia
Speech
-plasia
Formation (condition)
-plasm
Formation (tissue)
-plegia
Paralysis
-pnea
Breathing
-section
To cut
-stasis
To stand, place, stop, control
-tension
Pressure
-thesis
To put, place (state of putting or placing)
-tic
Pertaining to
-trophy
Nourishment, development
-um
Structure
-y
Process, condition