Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-plasty
A
surgical restoration
2
Q
-ectomy
A
surgical removal
3
Q
-gram
A
written record of
4
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
5
Q
-oscopy
A
visual examination
6
Q
-otomy
A
cutting into an organ, incision into
7
Q
-plasty
A
surgical repair
8
Q
-rrhaphy
A
to suture
9
Q
-pexy
A
fixation
10
Q
-algia
A
pain
11
Q
-cide
A
kill
12
Q
-cise
A
cut
13
Q
-emia
A
blood
14
Q
-genic
A
origin
15
Q
-gram
A
record/image of
16
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement; cardiomegaly: enlargement of the heart
17
Q
-necrosis
A
death of tissue
18
Q
-ology
A
study of
19
Q
-oma
A
tumor
20
Q
-ostomy
A
creation of an opening
21
Q
-pathy
A
disease; encephalopathy: disorder or disease of the brain
22
Q
-rrhage
A
flow
23
Q
-tome
A
a cutting instrument
