Suffixes- pathological conditions Flashcards
-algia
pain, ache
-asthenia
weakness
-betes
to go
-cele
hernia, tumor, swelling
-cusis
hearing
-derma
skin
-dynia
pain, ache
-ectasis
dilation, distention
-edema
swelling
-emesis
vomiting
-ion
process
-itis
inflammation
-kineses
motion
-lepsy
seizure
-lexia
diction, word, phrase
-malacia
softening
-mania
madness
-megaly
enlargement, large
-mnesia
memory
-noia
mind
-oid
resemble
-oma
tumor
-opia
sight, vision
-oxia
oxygen
-pathy
disease
-penia
deficiency
-pepsia
to digest
-phagia
to eat, swallow
-phasia
to speak, speech
-phobia
fear
-plasia
formation, produce
-plasm
a thing formed, plasma
-plegia
paralysis, stroke
-pnea
breathing
-ptosis
drooping, prolapse, sagging
-ptysis
spitting
-rrhage
bursting forth
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-rrhexis
rupture
-spasm
tension, spasm, contraction
-trophy
nourishment, development