Chapter 3 - Suffixes Flashcards
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meta- (a prefix)
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beyond
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eso-
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within, inward
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para- (a prefix)
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beside, near
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-algia
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pain
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-cele
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hernia
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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- coccus (singular)
- cocci (plural)
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berry-shaped bacterium
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-cyte
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cell
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-dynia
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pain
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-ectomy
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-excision, removal, resection
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-emia
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blood condition
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-genesis
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condition of producing, forming
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-gram
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record
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-graph
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instrument for recording
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-itis
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inflammation
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-logy
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study of
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-lysis
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breakdown, destruction, separation
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-malacia
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softening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-oma
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tumor, mass, collection
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-opsy
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process of viewing
