Suffix Flashcards
-algia
pain
-asis
condition, usually abnormal
-cele
hernia, herniation, pouching
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-cyte
cell
-ectasis
dilation, stretching
-ectomy
excision, removal of
-emesis
vomiting
-emia
blood condition
-genesis
development, production, creation
-genic
producing, causing
-gram
record
-graph
a diagram, a recording instrument
-graphy
making a recording
-iasis
condition of
-ism
a condition
-itis
inflammation
-logy
the study of
-lysis
destruction of, decomposition
-megaly
enlargement
-mentia
condition of the mind
-meter
measuring instrument
-oma
tumor
-osis
condition
-pathy
disease
-penia
lack, deficiency
-phagia
to eat or consume, swallowing
-phasia
speaking, speech
-phobia
an exaggerated fear
-plasty
surgical repair or re-shaping
-plegia
paralysis
-pnea
breathing, respiration
-ptosis
falling, sagging, dropping down-
-rrhage, rrhagia
excessive flow
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-scope
examination instrument
-scopy
examination using a scope
-stasis
maintenance, maintaining a constant level
-stenosis
narrowing
-stomy, -ostomy
creation of an opening
-tomy, -otomy
incision, cutting into
-trophy
decline of a body part
-uria
urine