suffixes Flashcards
1
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-ad
A
to, toward
2
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-al, ac, ic
A
pertaining to
3
Q
-algia, dynia
A
pain
4
Q
-asthenia
A
weakness
5
Q
-blast
A
immature, forming
6
Q
-cele
A
hernia
7
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture
8
Q
-cide, cidal
A
destroy, kill
9
Q
-clast, clasis
A
breaking
10
Q
-crine
A
secrete, secreting
11
Q
-crit
A
separate
12
Q
-cyte
A
cell
13
Q
-derma
A
skin
14
Q
-desis
A
binding
15
Q
-ectasis, ectasia
A
expand, dilate
16
Q
-ectomy
A
removal of
17
Q
-edema
A
swelling
18
Q
-ema
A
condition
19
Q
-emesis
A
vomit
20
Q
-emia, emic
A
blood
21
Q
-esthesia
A
sensation
22
Q
-form
A
in the shape of
23
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-gen, genic, genesis
A
producing, production of
24
Q
-globin, globulin
A
protein
25
-gram
a record, recording
26
-graph
recording instrument
27
-graphy
process of recording
28
-iasis
pathological condition or state
29
-ia, ism
condition, disease
30
-itis
inflammation
31
-kinesis, kinesia
movement
32
-lepsy
condition of
33
-leptic
having seizures
34
logist, ist
one who practices
35
-logy
study of
36
-lysis, lytic
destruction, destroy
37
-malacia
softening
38
-mania
obsession
39
-megaly
enlargement
40
-meter
measuring device
41
-metry
measurement
42
-oid
like, resembling
43
-oma
tumor, neoplasm
44
-opia, opsia
vision
45
-opsy
view of
46
-osis
condition, state, process
47
-ostomy, stomy
opening
48
-ox/o, oxia
oxygen
49
para, peri
bearing
50
paresis
slight paralysis
51
pathy
disease
52
penia
deficiency
53
pepsia
digestion
54
pexy
fixation, surgical fixation
55
phage, phagia, phagy
eating, swallowing
56
phasia
speak, speech
57
pheresis
removal
58
phil, philia
attraction, affinity for
59
phobia
fear of
60
phonia
sound
61
phoresis
carrying, carrier, specified movement
62
phoria
feeling, emotional state, visual axes of the eye
63
phrenia
of the mind
64
phthisis
wasting away
65
phylaxis
protection
66
physis
growing
67
plakia
plaque
68
plasm, plasia, poiesis
formation
69
plasty
surgical repair
70
plegia
paralysis
71
pnea
breath
72
poietic, poetic
forming
73
poietin
one that forms
74
porosis
lessening in density, thinning bone tissue
75
ptosis
falling down, drooping
76
rrhage, rrhagia
discharge heavily, heavy discharge
77
rrhaphy
surgical suturing
78
rrhea
flowing, a flux
79
rrhexis
rupture
80
schisis
split, splitting
81
scope
instrument used for viewing
82
scopy
use of an instrument for viewing
83
somnia
sleep
84
spasm, stalsis
contraction
85
stasis
stopping, constant
86
stat
agent to maintain a state
87
static
maintaining a state
88
stenosis
narrowing
89
ostomy, stomy
opening
90
tome
cutting instrument
91
trophic, trophy
nutrition
92
tropia
turning
93
tropic
turning toward
94
tropy
condition of turning toward
95
uria
urine
96
version
turning
97
tomy
cutting into
