Nervous System Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-al
A
pertaining to
2
Q
-algia
A
pain
3
Q
-ar
A
pertaining to
4
Q
-asthenia
A
weakness
debility
5
Q
-cele
A
hernia
protrusion
swelling
6
Q
-cyte
A
cell
7
Q
-dynia
A
pain
8
Q
-ectomy
A
surgical removal
9
Q
-ferent
A
to carry
10
Q
-glia
A
glue
neurological tissue
11
Q
-graph
A
instrument for recording
12
Q
-graphy
A
process of recording
13
Q
-ia
A
condition
state
14
Q
-iatry
A
medicine
treatment
15
Q
-ic
A
pertaining to
16
Q
-ine
A
pertaining to
17
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
18
Q
-kinesia
A
movement
19
Q
-lepsy
A
seizure
20
Q
-logist
A
specialist in the study of
21
Q
-logy
A
study of
22
Q
-lysis
A
destruction
separation
loosening
23
Q
-malacia
A
abnormal softening
24
Q
-meter
A
instruments for measuring
25
-oma
tumor
| neoplam
26
-osis
abnormal condition
27
-paresis
partial paralysis
28
-pathy
disease
29
-phasia
speech
30
-plasty
surgical repair
31
-plegia
paralysis
32
-rrhaphy
suture
33
-spasm
involuntary contraction
| twitching
34
-stomy
forming an opening - mouth
35
-surgery
surgery
36
-taxia
order
coordination
muscle coordination
37
-therapy
treatment
38
-tic
pertaining to
39
-tomy
incision
40
-tripsy
surgical crushing
41
-trophic
pertaining to nutrition
