Suffixes (Ch 1) Flashcards
1
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-ac ; -al
A
pertaining to
2
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-algia
A
pain
3
Q
-cyte
A
cell
4
Q
-ectomy
A
excision, removal
5
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
6
Q
-genic
A
pertaining to producing, produced by, or produced in; genes
7
Q
-globin
A
protein
8
Q
-gram
A
record
9
Q
-ic ; -ical
A
pertaining to
10
Q
-ion
A
process
11
Q
-ist
A
specialist
12
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
13
Q
-logy
A
process of study
14
Q
-oma
A
tumor, mass, swelling
15
Q
-opsy
A
process of viewing
16
Q
-osis
A
condition, usually abnormal
17
Q
-pathy
A
disease condition
18
Q
-scope
A
instrument to visually examine
19
Q
-scopy
A
process of visually examining
20
Q
-sis
A
state of; condition
21
Q
-tomy
A
process of cutting, incision
22
Q
-y , -ism , -ia
A
process, condition
23
Q
-oid
A
resembling
24
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
24
-malacia
softening
24
-ium
tissue, structure
24
-genesis
forming; producing
25
-ole
small
26
-rrhea
flow, discharge
27
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
28
-stomy
new opening (to form a mouth)
29
-plasty
surgical repair
30
-rrhaphy
suture
31
-graph
instrument for recording
32
-graphy
process of recording
33
-meter
measure
