suffixes Flashcards
1
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-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
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
24
Q
-rrhea
A
flow or discharge
25
- ectasia
| - ectasis
dilation, enlargement or stretching of a structure or part
26
-lysis
process of loosening, freeing or destroying
27
-pexy
surgical fixation
28
-plasty
surgical repair
29
-scopy
visual examination with a lighted instrument
30
-stomy
formation of an opening
31
-tome
instrument for cutting
32
-tomy
incision (cutting into tissue)
33
-tripsy
surgical crushing
34
-malacia
soft or softening
35
-mania
excessive preoccupations
36
-megaly
enlargement
37
-oid
resembling
38
-oma
tumor
39
-osis
condition
40
-penia
deficency
41
-phobia
abnormal fear
42
-ptosis
prolapse or sagging
43
-spasm
twitching or cramp
44
-stasis
stopping or controling
45
-ase
enzyme
46
- ia
| - ism
condition or theory
47
-iac
one who suffers
48
-opia
vision
49
-ose
sugar
50
-ous
pertaining to or characterized by
51
-y
state or condition
52
- ia
| - ism
condition or theory
53
-ous
pertaining to or categorized by
54
-megaly
enlargement
55
-penia
deficency
56
-malacia
softening
57
- iatrics
| - iatry
medical profession or treatment
58
-ose
sugar
59
- ia
- iasis
- osis
condition
