click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
October 21, 2011
Introduction to Patient Care - suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| algia | pain |
| cele | hernia, swelling |
| centesis | surgical puncture |
| cise | cut |
| ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| ectomy | excision, removal |
| emia | blood, condition of |
| gen | to produce |
| gram | a writing, record |
| graph | instrument for recording, writing |
| iasis, ia | condition, presence of |
| itis | inflammation |
| logy | study of |
| megaly | enlargement |
| oma | tumor |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | decrease, dificiency, lack of |
| phagia | eating, ingestion, swallowing |
| phasia | speech |
| paresis | partial or incomplete paralysis |
| plasty | formation, plastic repair, surgical repair |
| plegia | paralysis |
| phobia | fear of |
| rrhage | burst forth |
| rreah | discharge, flow |
| sclerosis | hardening |
| scope | instrument to view or examine |
| scopy | visual examination |
| stasis | standing still |
| stomy | mouth, forming a new opening |
| tomy | incision, cut into |