suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
pain
A
-algia, -dynia
2
Q
cell
A
-cyte
3
Q
surgical removal; excision
A
-ectomy
4
Q
vomiting
A
-emesis
5
Q
producing; produced by
A
-genic
6
Q
knowledge
A
-gnosis
7
Q
record (written record or image)
A
-gram
8
Q
instrument used to record
A
-graph
9
Q
process of recording; process of producing images
A
-graphy
10
Q
inflammation
A
-itis
11
Q
study of
A
-logy
12
Q
specialist; one who studies
A
-logist
13
Q
softening
A
-malacia
14
Q
enlargement
A
-megaly
15
Q
mass; tumor
A
-oma
16
Q
abnormal condition
A
-osis
17
Q
disease
A
-pathy
18
Q
fear
A
-phobia
19
Q
surgical reconstruction
A
-p[lasty
20
Q
drooping; sagging
A
-ptosis
21
Q
spitting
A
-ptysis
22
Q
bursting forth
A
-rrhage; -rrhagia
23
Q
to suture; sew
A
-rrhaphy
24
Q
flow; discharge
A
-rrhea
25
rupture
-rrhexis
26
hardening
-sclerosis
27
instrument used to view inside a body cavity or organ
-scope
28
the process of viewing inside a body cavity or organ
-scopy
29
sudden involuntary muscle contraction
-spasm
30
stable; stopping; controlling
-stasis
31
narrowing
-stenosis
32
surgical creation of a new opening
-stomy
33
to cut; incision
-tomy
34
growth; nourishment
-trophy
35
surgical puncture (as of a tumor or membrane)
-centesis
36
specialist in field of study
-ist, -ian, -ician
37
condition of
-ia, -ism, -sis
38
pertaining to
-ic, -ac, -al, -ary, -ous,-ary
39
breathing
-pnea
40
urine, urination
-uria
41
process
-ion
42
pertaining to
-al, -tic, -ic, -ar, -ous
43
to view
-opsy
44
development, formation
-plasia, -plasm
45
produced by
-genous
46
structure
-um
47
turning
-verso
48
condition, process
-y
49
death
-mortem
50
delivery, labor, childbirth
-partum
51
run
-drome
