Veterinarian Terms: Suffixes Flashcards
-centesis
Surgical puncture into
-cyte
Cell
-ectomy
Surgical removal of
-emia
Blood
-gram
A record of
-graph
To record with an instrument
-grapy
The act of recording using an instrument
-ist
Person who studies…
-itis
Inflammation
-logy
The study of…
-lysis
To break down
-megaly
Enlargement of
-natal
Birth
-oma
Tumors
-osis
Condition of….
-oxia
Oxygen
-pathy
Disease
-penia
Deficiency of
-pexy
To suture to
-phagia
Eating/swallowing
-plasty
To surgically repair
-pnea
Breathing
-rrhage
To burst
-rrhea
To flow
-scope
Instrument used to view
-scopy
The act of using an instrument to view
-spasm
Sudden involuntary contractions/tightenings
-stomy
To create a new surgical opening
-therapy
Treatment
-tomy
To cut in surgically, to make an insicion
-toxin
Poison