Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Suffixes (pathological)
pain, swelling, weakness, softening, inflammation, tumor..
41
Nursing
Undergraduate 1
01/23/2011
Click here to study/print these flashcards.

Create your own flash cards! Sign up here.

Additional Nursing Flashcards

 

 

Cards

Term
-algia
 Definition
pain, ache
Term
-asthenia
 Definition
waekness
Term
-betes
 Definition
to go
Term
-cele
 Definition
hernia, tumor, swelling
Term
-cusis
 Definition
hearing
Term
-derma
 Definition
skin
Term
-dynia
 Definition
pain, ache
Term
-ectasis
 Definition
dilation, distention
Term
-edema
 Definition
swelling
Term
-emesis
 Definition
vomiting
Term
-ion
 Definition
process
Term
-itis
 Definition
inflammation
Term
-kinesis
 Definition
motion
Term
-lepsy
 Definition
seizure
Term
-lexia
 Definition
diction, word, phrase
Term
-malacia
 Definition
softening
Term
-mania
 Definition
madness
Term
-megaly
 Definition
enlargement, large
Term
-mnesia
 Definition
memory
Term
-noia
 Definition
mind
Term
-oid
 Definition
resemble
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor
Term
-opia
 Definition
sight, vision
Term
-oxia
 Definition
oxygen
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease, emotion
Term
-penia
 Definition
deficiency
Term
-pepsia
 Definition
to digest
Term
-phagia
 Definition
to eat, to swallow
Term
-phasia
 Definition
to speak, speech
Term
-phobia
 Definition
fear
Term
-plasia
 Definition
formation, produce
Term
-plasm
 Definition
a thing formed, plasma
Term
-plegia
 Definition
paralysis, stroke
Term
-pnea
 Definition
breathing
Term
-ptosis
 Definition
drooping, prolapse, sagging
Term
-ptysis
 Definition
spitting
Term
-rrhage
 Definition
bursting forth
Term
-rrhea
 Definition
flow, discharge
Term
-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
Term
-spasm
 Definition
tension, spasm, contraction
Term
-trophy
 Definition
nourishment, development
Supporting users have an ad free experience!