1c Word Parts: MEDICAL TERMS suffixes (endings) Flashcards

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-ac

A

pertaining to

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-al

A

pertaining to

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3
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-algia, -algesia

A

sensitivity to pain

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4
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-ar

A

pertaining to

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5
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-ary

A

pertaining to

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6
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-dilation, dilatation

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widening, stretching, expanding

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-ectasis, -ectasia

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dilation, dilatation, widening

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-ectomy

A

removal, excision, resection

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9
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-edema

A

swelling

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-form

A

resembling

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11
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-gram

A

record

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12
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-graph

A

instrument for recording

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13
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-graphy

A

process of recording

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14
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-ia

A

condition of

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15
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-ian

A

medical specialty

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16
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-iatrics

A

medical specialty (Pediatrics)

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17
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-ic

A

pertaining to

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18
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-ical

A

pertaining to (optical)

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19
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-ism

A

condition of

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20
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-ist

A

medical specialty (optometrist)

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21
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-itis

A

inflammation /inflamed (swollen/red) - appendicitis

22
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-logy

A

study of (biology, psychology)

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-lysis

A

breakdown, separation, destruction, loosening

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-lytic

A

dissolving, reducing, loosening

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-malacia

A

softening

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-megaly

A

-enlargement

27
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-meter

A

measure

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-mimetic

A

mimcking (mimic/copy), simulating

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-oid

A

resembling

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-iatry

A

medical specialty (psychiatry)

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-ile

A

pertaining to

32
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-oma

A

tumor, mass, fluid collection (carcinoma)

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-ory

A

pertaining to

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-ous

A

pertaining to (porous)

35
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-pathy,

A

disease or emotion (sympathy)

36
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-plasty

A

surgerical repair

37
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=ptosis

A

falling, drooping, prolapse

38
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-rrhage, -rrragia

A

bursting forth (e.g. hemorrhage blood)

39
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-sclerosis

A

hardening

40
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-scope

A

instrument for visual examination (telescope, microscope)

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-scopy

A

visual examination

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-sis

A

condition of (paralysis)

43
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-spasm

A

sudden contraction of muscles

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-stasis

A

stopping, controlling, placing

45
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-stenosis

A

tightening, stricture

46
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-stomy

A

new opening, to form a mouth

47
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-tome

A

instrument to cut

48
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-tomy

A

process of cutting

49
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-tropic

A

acting on

50
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-y

A

condition of

51
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-rrhea

A

flow (diarrhea)