Suffixes Masterdeck Flashcards by Catherine Lee

-ectasis

Dilation or expansion

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Telangiectasis

Lesion formed by dilated capillary

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-icle

Small or little

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-megaly

Enlargement

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Cardiomegaly

Enlargement of the heart

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-ole

Small or little

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Arteriole

A minute artery

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-penia

Deficiency

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Cytopenia

Decrease of cellular elements in the blood stream

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-ptosis

Prolapse, falling

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Blepharoptosis

Drooping of upper eyelid

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-ule

Small or little

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-ule

Small or little

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Venule

A small vein

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-algia

Painful

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Neuralgia

Nerve pain

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-odynia

Pain

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Oculodynia

Pain in the eyeball

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-odia

Smell

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-stomatodysodia

Bad breath

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-opia

Vision (a condition)

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Diplopia

Double vision

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-phonia

Sound or voice

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Aphonia

Loss of voice

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-capnia

Carbon dioxide

Eucapnia

State of CO2 is normal

-oxia

Oxygen

Anoxia

Absence or close to absence of oxygen in the blood

-pnea

Breathing

-apheresis

Removal

Leukapheresis

Procedure in which leukocytes are removed from the blood and the remainder of the blood is put back into the donor (retransfused)

-clasia

Break or breaking

Osteoclasis

Fracture of bone by a physician to correct a deformity

Osteoclasia

Destruction and reabsorption of bone tissue

Osteoclasia

Destruction and reabsorption of bone tissue

-clasis

Break or breaking

Hemoclasis

Destruction of red blood cells

-clast

Break or breaking

Osteoclast

A) instrument used to break bone | b) a cell which absorbs or removes bone tissues

-crine

To separate or secrete

Heterocrine

Secreting two or more types of materials

-crit

To separate, separating

Hematocrit

The volume of blood that has cells

-desis

Binding or stabilizing

Arthrodesis

Operation to bind or stabilize a joint

-lysis

To loosen, free from adhesions

Neurolysis

Freeing nerve from adhesions

-plasty

Forming, plastic repair

Rhinoplasty

Repair and reshaping of nose

-gen

Substance that produces or causes

Androgen

Any substance that promotes masculinization

-genesis

Beginning, origin, cause

Chondrogenesis

Formation of cartilage

-plasia

Formation

Hypoplasia

Incomplete development or underdevelopment of an organ or tissue

-plasm

Formation, growth, substance

-plasm

Formation, growth, substance

Neoplasm

Tumor; any new and abnormal growth, specifically one in which cell multiplication is uncontrolled and progressive

-poiesis

Formation

-gram

A recording

-graph

Instrument used for recording

-graphy

Act of recording

-meter

Instrument for measuring

-metry

Measurement of

Cardiotachometer

Instrument used to measure heart rate

-opsy

To view

-scope

Instrument for viewing or performing other parts of an examination

-scopy

Examination of

-centesis

Puncture

-ectomy

Removal

-pexy

Surgical fixation

Ileopexy

Surgical fixation of the ileum

-rraphy

Suturing or repairing

Myorraphy

Suture of a muscle

-stomy

An opening

-ureterostomy

Creation of an external opening to the ureter

-tome

Instrument to cut

Periosteotome

Instrument used for cutting periosteum

-tomy

Incision; operating with cutting

Myotomy

Surgical division of a muscle

-tripsy

Surgical crushing

-er

One who

-esis

Condition, process, action

Enuresis

Involuntary discharge of urine (condition)

-ia

An unhealthy state

-iac

Person afflicted with a certain disease or condition

Paranoiac

One who is paranoid

-iasis

Condition

-iatry

One who

-ician

One who

-ism

Condition, state of being

-ist

One who specializes

-ologist

One who studies and practices

-ology

Study of

-osis

Abnormal condition

Sclerosis

Hardening of the blood vessels

-pathy

Disease

-sis

State of

-y

Condition or process

-ase

Enzyme

-asthenia

Weakness

Myasthenia

Muscular debility or weakness

-cele

Hernia

Hepatocele

Hernia of the liver

-cyte

Cell

-ictal

Seizure or stroke

Interictal

Time frame between convulsions

-itis

Inflammation

-lepsy

Seizure

-mania

Madness, insane desire

Pharmacomania

Strong desire to take drugs

-morph

Form or shape

-oma

Tumor or swelling

-orrhagia

Rapid flow of blood

Menometrorrhagia

Excessive uterine bleeding at and between menstrual periods

-orrhea

Flow or excessive discharge

-orrhexis

Rupture

Onychorrhexis

Spontaneous splitting or breaking of the nails

-paresis

Slight paralysis

Hemiparesis

Weakness affecting one side of the body

-pepsia

Digestion

Dyspepsia

Impaired stomach function

-phobia

Abnormal fear and/or aversion

-prandial

Meal

Postprandial

After a meal

-salpinx

Fallopian tube

Pyosalpinx

Pus within the fallopian tube

-sarcoma

Malignant tumor

Myosarcoma

Malignant tumor of muscle tissue

-sepsis

Infection

Asepsis

Absence of infection

-spasm

Involuntary muscle contraction

Blepharospasm

Involuntary contraction of orbicularis oculi muscle causing twitching of eyelid

-stalsis

Contraction

-stasis

Control or stop

Hemostasis

Control of bleeding

-thorax

Chest

Pneumothorax

Air or gas in the pleural space

-tocia

Birth or labour

Dystocia

Difficult labor

-trophy

Nourishment, food

Dystrophy

Any disorder due to defective or faulty nutrition

-uria

Urination, urine

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