| Question |
Answer |
| -rrhexis |
rupture |
| -sarcoma |
malignant tumor |
| -schisis |
split, fissure |
| -sclerosis |
hardening |
| -scope |
instrument for examining |
| -scopy |
visual examination |
| -sepsis |
infection |
| -spasm |
sudden involuntary muscle contraction |
| -stasis |
control, stop |
| -stenosis |
narrowing |
| -stomy |
surgical opening |
| -tome |
instrument for |
| -tomy |
cutting, incision |
| -tripsy |
surgical crushing |
| -trophy |
nourishment, development |
| -ule |
little |
| -ac -al -ic -ar -ial -ary -ous -tic -eal |
pertaining to, related to, located in |
| -agra |
excessive pain |
| -algia |
pain |
| -apheresis |
removal |
| -asthenia |
weakness |
| -ase |
enzyme |
| -ate |
use, subject to |
| -atresia |
absence of normal body opening |
| -capnia |
carbon dioxide |
| -cele |
protrusion, hernia |
| -centesis |
surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -cidal |
killing |
| -clasia -clast |
break |
| -cle -cule -ole -ola -ule -ulum -ulus |
small |
| -clysis |
irrigation, washint |
| -coccus -coccis |
berry shaped |
| -crit |
to separate |
| -crine |
separate, secrete |
| -cyte |
cell |
| -desis |
surgical fixation |
| -drome |
run, running |
| -dynia |
pain |
| -ectasis |
dilation, expansion |
| -ectomy |
surgical removal |
| -ectopic |
displacement |
| -emesis |
vomit |
| -emia |
blood condition |
| -ent-er-ist-or |
person or agent |
| -esis -ia -a -ism -ity -y -osis -tion -sis -iasis -sia |
state or condition, disease |
| -form -oid |
resembling, shaped like |
| -gen -genic |
producing, causing |
| -genesis |
beginning, origin |
| -gram |
record |
| -graph |
instrument that records |
| -graphy |
process of recording |
| -iac |
person afflicted with |
| -ible -ile |
capable, able |
| -ician |
one who |
| -ictal |
seizure, attack |
| -ist -ologist |
a specialist in |
| -ites -itis |
inflammation |
| -ium |
membrane |
| -ize |
use, subject to |
| -logy |
science, study of |
| -lysis -lytic |
destry, separation |
| -ma -mat |
disease, condition |
| -malacia |
softening |
| -mania |
madness |
| -megaly |
enlargement |
| -metor |
instrument used to measure |
| -metry |
measurement |
| -morph |
form, shape |
| -oma |
tumor |
| -opsy |
to view |
| -oxia |
oxygen |
| -paresis |
slight paralysis |
| -pathy |
disease |
| -penia |
deficient, lack of |
| -pepsia |
digestion |
| -pexy -pexis |
fixation storing |
| -phagia -phagy |
eating, swallowing |
| -philia -phily |
love |
| -phobia |
abnormal fear, intolerance |
| -phonia |
pertaining to sound |
| -phoria |
feeling |
| -physis |
growth |
| -plasia -plasm |
formation, development |
| -plasty |
surgical repair |
| -plegia |
paralysis |
| -pnea |
breathing |
| -poiesis |
formation |
| -porosis |
passage |
| -prandial |
meal |
| -praxia |
in front of, before |
| -ptosis |
drooping, downward displacement |
| -rrhage -rrhagia |
excessive flow |
| -rrhaphy |
suturing in place |
| -rrhea |
flow or discharge |
Biology Lab Midterm
