Suffixes Flashcards
-algia
Condition of pain
-cision
Process of cutting
-dipsia
Thirst
-ectomy
Removal, excision, cutting out
-gram
Record
-graphy
Process of recording
-ic
Pertaining to
-ine
Pertaining to
-ism
Condition, process
-itis
Inflammation
-lysis
Breakdown, separate
-mission
To send
-mortem
Death
-oma
Tumor, mass
-opsy
To view
-osis
Abnormal condition
-ous
Pertaining to
-partum
Birth
-pnea
Breathing
-rrhea
Flow, discharge
-scope
Instrument to visually examine
-scopy
Process of visual examination
-section
To cut
-sis
State of
-stasis
To stand, to place, to stop
-stomy
Opening
-tension
Pressure
-tomy
Process of cutting into
-um
Structure
-y
Process, condition
-globin
Protein
-algia
Condition of pain, pain
-cele
Hernia, protrusion, swelling
-emesis
Vomiting