Suffixes Flashcards
-emia
Condition of the blood
-phasia
Speech disorder
-phobia
Abnormal fear of
-plegia
Paralysis
-uria
Presence in urine
-itis
Inflammation
-algia
Pain
-asis
-iasis
-ism
Condition, state
-osis
-pathy
Disease, morbid state, disease condition
-graph
Instrument for recording
-gram
Drawn or written record
-oma
Benign or malignant tumor/growth
-cele
Herniation (organ pushing thru a part in body) or swelling
-ectasis
Dilate, expand
-rrhage
-rrhagia
-rrhea
Discharge, profuse fluid/flow
-gen
-genesis
-genic
-genesia
Forming, producing, causing, giving rise to
-penia
Deficiency
-megaly
Large
-tomy
-otomy
Incision, cutting
-ectomy
Surgical removal of
-plasty
Molding, formation, surgical repair
-scope
Instrument for viewing
-scopy
Act of using viewing instrument
-ology
Study of
-cyte
Cell
-lysis
Dissolution, disintegration