suffixes Flashcards
1
Q
-ar
A
pertaining to
2
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-pathy
A
disease of
3
Q
-iatrician
A
practitioner
4
Q
- iatrics
- iatry
A
medical profession or treatment
5
Q
-logist
A
one who studies
6
Q
-logy
A
study or science of
7
Q
- logic
- logical
A
pertaining to the study of
8
Q
- ic
- ac
- al
A
pertaining to
9
Q
-pnea
A
breathing
10
Q
-gram
A
tracing
11
Q
-itis
A
inflammation of
12
Q
-logy
A
study of
13
Q
- rrhage
- rrhagia
A
excessive bleeding or hemorraging
14
Q
-emesis
A
vomiting
15
Q
- er
- ist
A
one who
16
Q
-ectomy
A
surgical removal of (excision)
17
Q
-cele
A
hernia (protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of the cavity that contains it)
18
Q
-emia
A
condition of the blood
19
Q
-rrhexis
A
rupture
20
Q
-edema
A
swelling
21
Q
- eum
- ium
A
membrane
22
Q
-rrhaphy
A
suture (surgical stitching)
23
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-centesis
A
surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
