Suffix Flashcards
1
Q
-al
A
pertaining to
2
Q
-ase
A
enzyme
3
Q
-blast
A
budding
4
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture
5
Q
-cyte
A
cell
6
Q
-ectomy
A
excision or surgical removal
7
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
8
Q
-ia
A
condition of, diseased or abnormal state
9
Q
-itia, itis
A
inflammation
10
Q
-logy
A
study of
11
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
12
Q
-ologist
A
one who studies or practices
13
Q
-oma
A
tumor or swelling
14
Q
-opia
A
vision
15
Q
-opsy
A
to view
16
Q
-osis
A
abnormal increase in production
17
Q
-ostomy
A
creation of an artificail opening
18
Q
-otomy
A
cut into or incision
19
Q
-pathy
A
disease
20
Q
-sclerosis
A
hardening
21
Q
-scopy
A
visual examination
22
Q
-sepsis
A
infection
23
Q
-stasis
A
control or stop
24
Q
-tomy
A
cutting
25
-glia
glue
26
-emesis
vomiting
26
-cidal
to kill
27
-gen, -genesis, -genic
producing or causing
28
-ism
state ofly
29
-lytic
destroy
30
-orrhea
flow / excessive discharge
31
oxia
oxygen
32
-lytic
destroy, reduce
33
-clast
broken
34
-crit
to separate
35
-emesis
vomit
36
-iac, -ic, -ior
pertaining to
37
-mania
madness or insane desire
38
-gram
something written
39
-meter
instrument used to measure
40
-odia
smell
41
-orrhexis
rupture
42
-scope
used for visual examination
43
-spasm
involuntary muscle contraction
44
-tropic
influencing
