Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
81 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
-centesis
|
puncture to withdraw fluid
|
|
|
-ectomy
|
surgical removal
|
|
|
-ostomy
|
surgically create an opening
|
|
|
-otomy
|
cutting into
|
|
|
-ia
|
state, condition
|
|
|
-pexy
|
surgical fixation
|
|
|
-plasty
|
surgical repair
|
|
|
-rrhaphy
|
suture
|
|
|
-gram
|
record or picture
|
|
|
-graph
|
instrument for recording
|
|
|
-sis
|
condition
|
|
|
-graphy
|
process of recording
|
|
|
-meter
|
instrument for measuring
|
|
|
-metry
|
process of measuring
|
|
|
-scope
|
instrument for viewing
|
|
|
-scopy
|
process of visually examining
|
|
|
-scopy
|
process of visually examining
|
|
|
-stasis
|
stopping
|
|
|
-iasis
|
abnormal condition
|
|
|
-cide
|
kill
|
|
|
-cise
|
cut
|
|
|
-cle
|
small
|
|
|
-coccus
|
berry-shaped
|
|
|
-cyte
|
cell
|
|
|
-dynia
|
pain
|
|
|
-ectasis
|
dialation
|
|
|
-ectopia
|
displacement
|
|
|
-emia
|
condition of the blood
|
|
|
-er
|
one who
|
|
|
-gen
|
that which produces
|
|
|
-spasm
|
involuntary muscle contraction
|
|
|
-genesis
|
produces, generates
|
|
|
-genic
|
producing
|
|
|
-iatric
|
medicine, physician
|
|
|
-ion
|
process
|
|
|
-ism
|
state of
|
|
|
-ist
|
one who specializes in
|
|
|
-itis
|
inflammation
|
|
|
-ium
|
converts word root into a noun
|
|
|
-ize
|
to make, to use, take away
|
|
|
-lapse
|
to slide, sag
|
|
|
-lith
|
stone
|
|
|
-logist
|
one who studies
|
|
|
-logy
|
study of
|
|
|
-lysis
|
destruction
|
|
|
-malacia
|
abnormal softening
|
|
|
-melagy
|
enlargement, large
|
|
|
-ole
|
small
|
|
|
-oma
|
tumor, mass
|
|
|
-osis
|
abnormal condition
|
|
|
-paresis
|
weakness
|
|
|
-parous
|
bearing, give birth
|
|
|
-partum
|
birth, labor
|
|
|
-pathy
|
disease
|
|
|
-penia
|
few
|
|
|
-phasis
|
speech
|
|
|
-phobia
|
abnormal fear
|
|
|
-phoria
|
feeling, mental state
|
|
|
-physis
|
to grow
|
|
|
-plasia
|
development, growth
|
|
|
-plasm
|
formation, development
|
|
|
-plegia
|
paralysis
|
|
|
-pnea
|
breathing
|
|
|
-ptosis
|
drooping
|
|
|
-rrhage
|
excessive, abnormal flow
|
|
|
-rrhea
|
discharge, flow
|
|
|
-rrhexis
|
rupture
|
|
|
-sclerosis
|
hardening
|
|
|
-stalsis
|
constriction, contraction
|
|
|
-stenosis
|
narrowing
|
|
|
-therapy
|
treatment
|
|
|
-trophy
|
nourishment, development
|
|
|
-ule
|
small
|
|
|
-um
|
converts root word into a noun
|
|
|
-uria
|
condition of the urine
|
|
|
-us
|
converts root word into a noun
|
|
|
-ac, -al, -an, -ar, - ary, -eal, -iac, -ic, -ical, -ile, -ior, -oid, -ory, - ose, -ous, -tic
|
pertaining to
|
|
|
-a
|
converts a word to a noun
|
|
|
-blast
|
immature,embryonic
|
|
|
-algia
|
pain
|
|
|
-cele
|
hernia, protrusion
|
