Suffixes Flashcards
-ectomy
The surgical removal of _______
-centesis
A surgical puncture of _______
-tripsy
surgical destruction of ______
-clasis
a surgical break, almost always of bone
-desis
binding (specifically of bones)
-lysis
destruction of ______, as in hemolysis
-pexy
to bind or mend, but almost always on soft tissue and not bones
-plasty
the surgical repair of _____ ; not always plastic surgery
-rrhaphy
to suture up, to sew up
-stomy
creating an opening in ________, as in colostomy
-tome
a cutting instrument for _______, as in dermostome
-tomy
an incision in the ________
-gram
visual image
-scopy
a visual inspection
-algia
pain of the ______
-rrhage
excessive flow or flooding of _______
-sclorosis
hardening of the ________
-dynia
pain of the _______ (synonymous with -algia)
-cele
herniated, as in hydrocele
-ectasis
dilation of the _______
-edema
swelling, the presence of fluid in the ______
-gen
the agent of creation or origin, as in “antigen”
-genesis
creation of ______
-iasis
an unnatural condition of the ______ (generic)
-lith
stone of the ______
-malacia
softening of the ________
-megaly
excessively grown ________ (as in “too big”)
-oma
a swelling or tumor in/of the _______
-osis
an unnatural condition of the ______ (generic)
-pathy
disease of the _______
-penia
decrease or deficiency
-phagia
eating, as in “dysphagia”
-phasia
speaking, as in “dysphasia”
-plasia
a growing of the ______
-plasm
growth, the noun, as in the growth itself
-plegia
paralysis
-ptosis
a movement out of position or prolapse
-trophy
nourishment or development
-stenosis
narrowing of the ______
-icle
a small something, like “particle”
