Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-tomy
A
Cutting into
2
Q
-ectomy
A
Surgical removal
3
Q
-pexy
A
Suture to stabilize
4
Q
-plasty
A
Surgical repair
5
Q
-stomy
A
Surgically created opening
6
Q
-tomy
A
Cutting into
7
Q
-ectomy
A
Surgical removal/excision
8
Q
-centesis
A
Surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas
9
Q
-gram
A
Record of
10
Q
-graph
A
Instrument that records
11
Q
-graphy
A
Procedure that records
12
Q
-lysis
A
Separation or breakdown
13
Q
-scope
A
Procedure to visually examine
14
Q
-therapy
A
Treatment
15
Q
-rrhagia or -rrhage
A
Bursting forth
16
Q
-rraphy
A
To suture
17
Q
-rrhea
A
Flow, discharge
18
Q
-rrhexis
A
Rupture
19
Q
-algia and -dynia
A
Pain
20
Q
-ia
A
State/condition
21
Q
-ion (shuhn)
A
Action, process, state, condtion
22
Q
-itis
A
Inflammation
23
Q
-ive
A
Performs or tends toward
24
Q
-malacia
A
Abnormal softening
25
-megaly
Enlargement
26
-osis
Abnormal condition
27
-pathy
Disease
28
-sclerosis
Abnormal hardening
29
-um
Structure
30
-us
Thing
31
-penia
deficiency/reduction in number
32
-logy
study of
33
-plasm
formative material of cells
34
-um
structure
35
-plasia
formation and growth in the NUMBER of cells
36
-trophy
formation and growth in the SIZE of cells
37
-oma
tumor or neoplasm
38
-blasts
immature
39
-clasts
break
40
-poietic
pertaining to form
41
-desis
surgical fixation/binding of a bone of joint
42
-kinesis
movement
43
-asthenia
weakness
