Digestive System Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-al
A
pertaining to
2
Q
-cele
A
hernia, protrusion, swelling
3
Q
-dynia
A
pain
4
Q
-ectomy
A
surgical removal, excision
5
Q
-emesis
A
vomit
6
Q
-iasis
A
abnormal condition (produced by something specified)abnormal condition (produced by something specified)
7
Q
-ic
A
pertaining to
8
Q
-ism
A
condition
9
Q
-ist
A
specialist
10
Q
-istry
A
specialty of
11
Q
-lith
A
stone, calculus
12
Q
-lithiasis
A
condition of the stones
13
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
14
Q
-logist
A
specialist in the study of
15
Q
-lysis
A
destruction, separation, loosening
16
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement, large
17
Q
-ole
A
small
18
Q
-oma
A
tumor, neoplam
19
Q
-orexia
A
appetite
20
Q
-osis
A
abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells)
21
Q
-pathy
A
disease
22
Q
-pepsia
A
digestion
23
Q
-pexy
A
surgical fixation
24
Q
-phagia
A
swallowing, eating
25
-plasty
surgical repair
26
-plegia
paralysis
27
-prandial
pertaining to a meal
28
-ptosis
drooping, prolapse, downward, placement
29
-rrhaphy
suture
30
-schisis
splitting
31
-scope
instrument for viewing
32
-scopy
visual examination
33
-spasm
involuntary contractions, twitching
34
-stenosis
narrowing, sticture
35
-stomy
forming an opening (mouth)
36
-tomy
incision
37
-tripsy
surgical crushing
38
-um
structure, thing
