Suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-a
A
no meaning
2
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-ac
A
pertaining to
3
Q
-ad
A
toward
4
Q
-al
A
pertaining to
5
Q
-algia
A
pain
6
Q
-amnios
A
amnion, amniotic fluid
7
Q
-apheresis
A
removal
8
Q
-ar
A
pertaining to
9
Q
-ary
A
pertaining to
10
Q
-asthenia
A
weakness
11
Q
-atresia
A
absence of a normal body opening; occlusion; closure
12
Q
-cele
A
hernia or protrusion
13
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
14
Q
-clasia
A
break
15
Q
-clasis
A
break
16
Q
-clast
A
break
17
Q
-coccus (plural: -cocci)
A
berry-shaped (form of bacterium)
18
Q
-cyesis
A
pregnancy
19
Q
-cyte
A
cell
20
Q
-desis
A
surgical fixation, fusion
21
Q
-drome
A
run, running
22
Q
-e
A
no meaning
23
Q
-eal
A
pertaining to
24
Q
-ectasis
A
stretching out, dilation, expansion
25
-ectomy
excision or surgical removal
26
-emia
in the blood
27
-esis
condition
28
-gen
substance or agent that produces or causes
29
-genic
producing, originating, causing
30
-gram
record, radiographic image
31
-graph
instrument used to record; record
32
-graphy
process of recording, radiographic imaging
33
-ia
diseased or abnormal state, condition of
34
-iasis
condition
35
-iatrist
specialist, physician
36
-iatry
treatment, specialty
37
-ic
pertaining to
38
-ictal
seizure, attack
39
-ior
pertaining to
40
-is
no meaning
41
-ism
state of
42
-itis
inflammation
43
-logist
one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)
44
-logy
study of
45
-lysis
loosening, dissolution, separating
46
-malacia
softening
47
-megaly
enlargement
48
-meter
instrument used to measure
49
-metry
measurement
50
-oid
resembling
51
-oma
tumor, swelling
52
-opia
vision (condition)
53
-opsy
view of, viewing
54
-osis
abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots)
55
-ous
pertaining to
56
-paresis
slight paralysis
57
-pathy
disease
58
-penia
abnormal reduction (in number)
59
-pepsia
digestion
60
-pexy
surgical fixation, suspension
61
-phagia
eating or swallowing
62
-phobia
abnormal fear of or aversion to specific things
63
-physis
growth
64
-plasia
condition of formation, development, growth
65
-plasm
growth, substance, formation
66
-plasty
surgicl repair
67
-plegia
pralysis
68
-pnea
breathing
69
-poiesis
formation
70
-ptosis
drooping, sagging, prolapse
71
-rrhagia
rapid flow of blood
72
-rrhaphy
suturing, repairing
73
-rrhea
flow, discharge
74
-rrhexis
rupture
75
-salpinx
uterine tube (fallopian tube)
76
-sarcoma
malignant tumor
77
-schisis
split, fissure
78
-sclerosis
hardening
79
-scope
instrument used for visual examination
80
-scopic
pertaining to visual examination
81
-scopy
visual examination
82
-sis
state of
83
-spasm
sudden, involuntary muscle contraction
84
-stasis
control, stop, standing
85
-stenosis
constriction or narrowing
86
-stomy
creation of an artificial opening
87
-thorax
chest, chest cavity
88
-tocia
birth, labor
89
-tome
instrument used to cut
90
-tomy
cut into, incision
91
-tripsy
surgical crushing
92
-trophy
nourishment, development
93
-um
no meaning
94
-uria
urine, urination
95
-us
no meaning
