Suffixes Flashcards
-centesis
To puncture, perforate, or tap, thereby permitting withdrawal of substances
-ectomy
To excise or surgically remove
-ize
Use, subject to
-pexy
Fixation or suturing (a stabilizing type of repair)
-plasty
To shape, the surgical formation of, or plastic surgery (to improve function, to relieve pain, or for cosmetic reasons)
-rrhaphy
To surgically repair by joining in a seam or by suturing together
-stomy
To make a new, artificial opening in a hollow organ (to the outside of the body or between two hollow organs)
-tomy
To incise or cut into
-algia
Pain
-emesis
Vomit
-emia
Blood condition
-esis, -iasis, -asis
Infestation or infection with, a condition characterized by
-genesis
Development, origin
-ism
A state or condition, a fact of being, result of a process
-itis
Inflammation of
-megaly
Enlarged
-oma
Tumor
-osis
Abnormal condition, process of degeneration
-path, -pathy
Disease
-penia
Deficiency, lack of
-phage, -phagy
Eating
-phobia
Abnormal fear or intolerance to
-plasia, -plastic, -plasty
Forming, growing, changing
-pnea
Breathing
-rrhea
Flow, discharge
-graph
Instrument or machine that writes or records
-graphy
Procedure of using an instrument or machine to record
-gram
Product, written record, picture, or graph produced by instrument or machine
-meter
Instrument or machine that measures or counts
-metry, -imetry
Procedure of measuring or counting
-scope
Instrument for examining, viewing, or listening
-scopy
Act of examining, viewing, or listening using a scope
-tome
Instrument for cutting
