Suffixes Masterdeck Flashcards
-ectasis
Dilation or expansion
Telangiectasis
Lesion formed by dilated capillary
-icle
Small or little
-megaly
Enlargement
Cardiomegaly
Enlargement of the heart
-ole
Small or little
Arteriole
A minute artery
-penia
Deficiency
Cytopenia
Decrease of cellular elements in the blood stream
-ptosis
Prolapse, falling
Blepharoptosis
Drooping of upper eyelid
-ule
Small or little
-ule
Small or little
Venule
A small vein
-algia
Painful
Neuralgia
Nerve pain
-odynia
Pain
Oculodynia
Pain in the eyeball
-odia
Smell
-stomatodysodia
Bad breath
-opia
Vision (a condition)
Diplopia
Double vision
-phonia
Sound or voice
Aphonia
Loss of voice
-capnia
Carbon dioxide
Eucapnia
State of CO2 is normal
-oxia
Oxygen
Anoxia
Absence or close to absence of oxygen in the blood
-pnea
Breathing
-apheresis
Removal
Leukapheresis
Procedure in which leukocytes are removed from the blood and the remainder of the blood is put back into the donor (retransfused)
-clasia
Break or breaking
Osteoclasis
Fracture of bone by a physician to correct a deformity
Osteoclasia
Destruction and reabsorption of bone tissue
Osteoclasia
Destruction and reabsorption of bone tissue
-clasis
Break or breaking
Hemoclasis
Destruction of red blood cells
-clast
Break or breaking
Osteoclast
A) instrument used to break bone
b) a cell which absorbs or removes bone tissues
-crine
To separate or secrete
Heterocrine
Secreting two or more types of materials
-crit
To separate, separating
Hematocrit
The volume of blood that has cells
-desis
Binding or stabilizing
Arthrodesis
Operation to bind or stabilize a joint
-lysis
To loosen, free from adhesions
Neurolysis
Freeing nerve from adhesions
-plasty
Forming, plastic repair
Rhinoplasty
Repair and reshaping of nose
-gen
Substance that produces or causes
Androgen
Any substance that promotes masculinization
-genesis
Beginning, origin, cause
Chondrogenesis
Formation of cartilage
-plasia
Formation
Hypoplasia
Incomplete development or underdevelopment of an organ or tissue
-plasm
Formation, growth, substance
-plasm
Formation, growth, substance