suffixes Flashcards
-algia
pain
-asthenia
weakness
-cele
protrusion
-dynia
pain
-cytosis
abnormal cell condition (too many)
-ectasis
dilated
-edema
swelling
-emesis
vomiting
-emia
blood condition
-ia
state, condition
-iasis
abnormal condition
-ism
state of
-itis
inflammation
-lith
stone
-lysis
to destroy
-lytic
destruction
-malacia
abnormal softening
-megaly
enlarged
-oma
tumor, mass
-osis
abnormal condition
-pathy
disease
-penia
too few
-phobia
fear
-plegia
paralysis
-ptosis
dropping
-rrhage
excessive, abnormal flow
-rrhagia
abnormal flow condition
-rrhea
discharge, flow
-rrhexis
rupture
-sclerosis
hardening
-spasm
involuntary muscle contraction
-stasis
stopping
-stenosis
narrowing
-toxic
poison
-uria
urine condition
-clasia
surgical breaking
-desis
surgical fixation
-ectomy
surgical removal