Module 3: Suffixes Flashcards
an increase in the size of cells is hyper ____
hypertrophy
what bacteria causes tonsillitis?
streptococcal bacterium
which red blood cells are made in the bone marrow and carry oxygen from the lungs through the blood to all body cells?
erythrocytes
-y
condition or process
-oid
resembling
the term that means pertaining to the groin
inguinal
the term that means pertaining to the lung
pulmonary
the term that means pertaining to death
necrotic
the term that means pertaining to the larynx
laryngeal
the medical term for the membrane surrounding the heart is
pericardium
he term that means resembling mucus
mucoid
-ole
small
-plasia
development, formation or growth
neutrophils, basophils and eosinophils are
granulocytes
thrombocytes are also called
platelets
the smallest of the arterial vessels are called
arterioles
a granulocyte that eats harmful cells is a
phagocyte
-genesis
condition of producing or forming
-cele
hernia
-megaly
enlargement
-stasis
stopping or controlling
-penia
deficiency
-pathy
disease
-oma
mass or tutor
-ptosis
dropping
-sclerosis
hardening
-plasia
growth
-penia
deficiency
-osis
abnormal condition
-malacia
softening
-algia
pain
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
isch/o
hold back
-plasty
surgical repair
-er
one who
-centesis
surgical puncture to remoce fluid
-tomy
incision
necropsy is
examination of the body after death
phlebotomy is
incision of a vein
the surgical creation of an opening between the large intestine and the outside of the body is called
colostomy
which term means condition of no growth?
atrophy
-stasis
stopping, controlling
-ole
little, small
-lysis
breakdown, separation
-um
structure, tissue, thing
-ac
pertaining to
excess cells due to an increased rate of cell division is termed
hyperplasia
-graphy
process of recording
