Suffixes Flashcards
Algia
Pain, related to specific body part of condition
Ectomy
Surgical removal or excision of particular organ or tissue
Emia
Blood, when substance is present in the blood
Itis
Inflammation of particular organ or tissue
Logy
Study of specific subject
Oma
Malignant tumor or aberrant mass
Osis
Condition or situation that might not cause inflammation
Pathy
Disease or abnormality, disorder affecting a specific body part
Plasty
Surgical repair or reconstruction of body part
Scopy
Use of instrument to examine or view a body part
Tomy
Incision or cutting into a specific organ or tissue
Uria
Presence of a substance in the urine
Cele
Hernia or swelling
Centesis
Puncture or tapping of body cavity
Dynia
Pain
Graphy
Recording or producing images
Megaly
Enlargement
Penia
Deficiency or decrease
Rrhage
Bursting forth or excessive flow
Rrhea
Discharge or flow
Rrhexis
Rupture or bursting
Stenosis
Confined or restricted in some way
rrhaphy
Surgical suturing or repair of body part
Tome
Cutting instrument of device used for incisions
Trophy
Nourishment or development
Cide
Killing or destroying
Cyst
Sac of bladder-like structure
Dipsia
Thirst
Gen
Producing or forming
Genic
Causing or producing
iasis
Condition or presence of something abnormal
Ism
Condition, state, or doctrine
Lith
Stone or calculus
Malacia
Softening
Lysis
Dissolution, breakdown, or destruction
Oid
Resemblance to something
