Nervous System Suffixes Flashcards

1
Q

-al

A

pertaining to

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2
Q

-algia

A

pain

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3
Q

-ar

A

pertaining to

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4
Q

-asthenia

A

weakness

debility

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5
Q

-cele

A

hernia
protrusion
swelling

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6
Q

-cyte

A

cell

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7
Q

-dynia

A

pain

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8
Q

-ectomy

A

surgical removal

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9
Q

-ferent

A

to carry

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10
Q

-glia

A

glue

neurological tissue

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11
Q

-graph

A

instrument for recording

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12
Q

-graphy

A

process of recording

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13
Q

-ia

A

condition

state

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14
Q

-iatry

A

medicine

treatment

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15
Q

-ic

A

pertaining to

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16
Q

-ine

A

pertaining to

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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
Q

-oma

A

tumor

neoplam

26
Q

-osis

A

abnormal condition

27
Q

-paresis

A

partial paralysis

28
Q

-pathy

A

disease

29
Q

-phasia

A

speech

30
Q

-plasty

A

surgical repair

31
Q

-plegia

A

paralysis

32
Q

-rrhaphy

A

suture

33
Q

-spasm

A

involuntary contraction

twitching

34
Q

-stomy

A

forming an opening - mouth

35
Q

-surgery

A

surgery

36
Q

-taxia

A

order
coordination
muscle coordination

37
Q

-therapy

A

treatment

38
Q

-tic

A

pertaining to

39
Q

-tomy

A

incision

40
Q

-tripsy

A

surgical crushing

41
Q

-trophic

A

pertaining to nutrition