Terminology-suffix Flashcards
-Cyte
Cell
-Ectomy
Removal of
-Emia
Blood condition
-Pnea
Breathing
-Iasis
Infestation or infection
-Itis
Inflammation
-ism
State or condition
-Logy
Study of
-Oma
Tumor
-penia
Deficiency of
-Scope
Instrument for exam
-Tommy
Cutting, inclusion
-al-if, -ac, -ous
Pertaining to
-Graphy
Recording of
-ist
One who studies
-Lysis
Destruction of
-megaly
Abnormally large
-natal
Birth
-Osis
Abnormal condition
-Oxia
Oxygen
-phagia
Eating, swallowing
-Spasm
Involuntary control
-Toxin
Poison
-eal,-ary,-ine,-ic,-tic
Pertaining to
-pexy
Suture to stabilize
-plasty
Surgical repair
-stomy
Surgical created opening
-centsis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas
-gram
Recording of
-graph
Instrument that records
-scopy
Procedure to visually examine
-rrhagia
Bursting forth
-rrhaphy
To suture
-rrhea
Flow, discharge
-rrhexis
Rupture