Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-ptosis
A
drooping
2
Q
-spasm
A
involuntary contraction
3
Q
-osis
A
condition
4
Q
-oma
A
tumor
5
Q
-ase
A
enzymes
6
Q
-oid
A
resembling
7
Q
-lysis
A
breakdown/destruction
8
Q
-malacia
A
softening
9
Q
-penia
A
deficiency/lack of
10
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
11
Q
-tomy
A
cut or incision
12
Q
-blast
A
rapidly dividing cell
13
Q
-ium
A
tissue or structure
14
Q
-gen, -genic, -genesis, -genous
A
to produce/creation/origin/
15
Q
-ose
A
sugars
