Suffixes Related To Medical Conditions And Symptoms 2.1.1 Flashcards
Pain
-algia
Beginning
-arche
Weakness
-asthenia
Formative cells
-blast
Hernia, tumour, swelling, protrusion
-cele
To kill or destroy
-cidal
Cell
-cyte
Abnormal increase in amount of cells
-cytosis
Thirst
-dipsia
Painful
-dynia
Vomiting
-emesis
Blood condition
-emis
Sensation
-esthenia
Origin, beginning, formation, producing, causing
-genic
Inflammation
-itis
Softening
-malacia
Madness, obsession
-mania
Enlargement
-megaly
Tumour, swelling
-oma
Slight paralysis
-paresis
Disease condition
-pathy
Lack of, deficient
-penia
Abnormal fear of, aversion
-phobia
Paralysis
-plegia
Air, breath
-pnea
Drooping, sagging; downward displacement
-ptosis
Spitting
-ptysis
Rupture, profuse flow
-rrhage
Rupture, profuse flow
-rrhagia
To flow, discharge
-rrhea
Rupture
-rrhexis
Hardening
-sclerosis
Involuntary contraction
-spasm
Stopping or controlling flow of fluid
-stasis
Bursting forth, hemmorhage
-staxis
Narrowing
-stenosis
Coordination, order, arrangement
-taxia
Treatment
-therapy
Chest
-thorax
Labor, childbirth
-tocia
Nourishment
-trophy
To turn
-tropic
Urination, urine
-uria
Dryness
-xerosis