Medical Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-ALGIA
A
pain
2
Q
-DYNIA
A
pain
3
Q
-EMIA
A
blood condition
4
Q
-IA
A
condition, disease
5
Q
-ITIS
A
inflammation
6
Q
-LEPSY
A
seizure or attack
7
Q
-MALACIA
A
softening
8
Q
-MEGALY
A
enlargement
9
Q
-OMA
A
tumor, mass
10
Q
-OSIS
A
abnormal condition
11
Q
-PATHY
A
disease
12
Q
-PENIA
A
deficiency
13
Q
-PLEGIA
A
paralysis
14
Q
-PNEA
A
breathing
15
Q
-SCLEROSIS
A
hardening
16
Q
-RRHAGE
A
bursting forth
17
Q
-RRHEA
A
flow, discharge
18
Q
-RRHEXIS
A
breaking open
19
Q
-CENTESIS
A
puncture and aspiration
20
Q
-ECTOMY
A
surgical removal
21
Q
-GENIC
A
producing, forming
22
Q
-GRAPHY
A
process of recording
23
Q
-LYSIS
A
separation
24
Q
-OPSY
A
view of, vision
25
-PLASTY
surgical repair
26
-SCOPY
visual examination
27
-STOMY
opening
28
-TOMY
incision, cutting
29
-AC / -IAC
pertaining to
30
-AL / -EAL / -IAL
pertaining to
31
-AR
pertaining to
32
-ELLA
small
33
-IATRIC
medical treatment
34
-IC / -ICAL
pertaining to
35
-INE
pertaining to
36
-OID
resembling
37
-OUS
characteristic of
38
-PLAST
cell, living substance
39
-PLASTY
formation, plastic repair of
40
-ULAR
pertaining to
41
-VOROUS
eating
