Medical Suffixes chp3

A comprehensive set of flashcards covering various medical suffixes and their meanings.

-centesis

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

-ectomy

Removal of part or all of an organ or body part

-lysis

Destruction of

-lytic

Pertaining to destruction

-pexy

Fixation, usually done surgically

-plasty

Surgical repair

-rrhaphy

Surgical suturing

-static, -stasis

Maintaining a state

-stomy

Opening

-tome

Cutting instrument, segment

-tomy

Cutting operation, incision

-tripsy

Crushing

-ad

Toward

-clast, -clasis

Break, fracture

-form

In the shape of

-ic

Pertaining to

-ics

Treatment, practice, body of knowledge

-logist

One who studies

-logy

Study, practice

-oid

Like, resembling

-phylaxis

Protection, prevention

-plegic

Pertaining to paralysis

-stat

Agent to maintain a state of equilibrium

-tropia

Turning

-tropic

Attracted to target structures

-tropy

Turning

-version

Turning

-crit

Separate

-gen

Producer

-genesis

Origin

-genic

Produced by

-gram

A recording

-graph

Recording instrument

-graphy

Process of recording

-meter

Measuring device

-metry

Measurement

-opsy

View of

-pheresis

Removal

-phil

Attraction, affinity for

-scope

Instrument for visual examination

-scopy

Use of an instrument for viewing