Suffix Flashcards
Every medical word contains a suffix Attached to the end of a word to add meaning, condition, disease or a procedure
-algia
Hint when I broke my arm I was in a lot of Blank?
pain
-itis
Hint what another word for
Swollen
inflammation
-megaly
Hint what shark is bing then a great white
enlargement, large
-osis
Hemophilia
abnormal condition
pathy
Hint wHht was the Black Plague
disease
-ectomy
Hint what do they do when they remove your Appendix
surgical removal
-ostomy
Hint, when they start, have to do
The surgery they have to what first to repair what is wrong with you
surgically create an opening
-otomy
Hint They had to____man to move the boat
cutting into
gram
Hint when you want to remember you can use your Camera to save it
record or picture
graph
Hint A use For camera to ___
instrument for recording
scope
Hint this tool is used to look in your ears
instrument for viewing
a scopy
Hint he use a scope to look in your ears
using an instrument for visual examination)
Cardi/o
Hint the scarecrow in oz wished he had a blank?
Heart