Pathological suffixes Flashcards
These two suffixes stand for pain
Algia
Dynia
The suffix stands for a hernia or swelling
Cele
The suffix stands for dilation or expansion
ectasis
The suffix for vomiting
Emesis
The suffix for a blood condition
Emia
The suffix for forming producing or or origin
Gen
Genesis
The suffix for inflammation
Itis
The suffix for softening
Malacia
The suffix for enlargement
Megaly
The suffix for tumor
Oma
The suffix for an abnormal condition
Osis
The suffix for a disease
Pathy
The suffix for decrease or deficiency
Penia
The suffix for fear
Phobia
The suffix for paralysis
Plegia
The suffix for a prolapse or downward displacement
Ptosis
The suffix for discharge or flow
rrhea
The suffix for a rupture
rrhexis
The suffix for an abnormal condition or hardening
Sclerosis
The suffix were involuntary contraction or twitching
Spasm
The suffix for narrowing or stricture
Stenosis
The suffix for poison
Toxic
The suffixes for formation or growth
Plasia
Plasm
The suffix for bursting forth
Rrhage
Rrhagia
