8.1 FIB flashcards suffixes

appetite

• -orexia

• drooping

-ptosis

vomiting

-emesis

pain

-algia

pertaining to medical treatment

-iatric

cutting into

• -otomy

• paralysis

-plegia

study of

-logy

record

-gram

surgically create an opening

-ostomy

surgical crushing

-tripsy

eat, swallow

-phagia

-ac. -al, -eal, -ic, -ous. -ar

pertaining to

pertaining to a meal

-prandial

inflammation

-itis

surgical removal

-ectomy

process of viewing

-scopy

pertaining to visually examining

-scopic

process of recording

-graphy

surgical repair

-plasty

pertaining to vomiting

-emetic

process of removing fluid

-centesis

surgical fixation

-pexy

tumor

-oma

condition of stones

-lithiasis

instrument to view

-scope

abnormal condition

: -osis

digestion

-pepsia

specialty of

-istry