Suffixes Flashcards

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Ac

A

Pertaining to

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Ics

A

Knowledge; practice

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Ion

A

Action; condition

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-ism

A

Condition

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Metry

A

Process of measuring

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Al

A

Pertaining to

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Iatry

A

Medical treatment

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Oma

A

Mass; tumor

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Ine

A

Pertaining to

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Ia

A

Condition

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Ation

A

Being; having; process

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Ous

A

Pertaining to

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Tomy

A

Process of making an incision

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Ar

A

Pertaining to

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Itis

A

inflammation

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Graphy

A

Process of recording

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Ectomy

A

Surgical removal

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18
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Ist

A

Person who specializes in

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19
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Megaly

A

Enlargement

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Gram

A

Picture; record

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Scopy

A

Process of using an instrument to examine

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Stomy

A

Surgically created opening

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Ive

A

Pertaining to

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Logy

A

Study of

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-Osis

A

Condition; abnormal

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Ary

A

Pertaining to

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Pathy

A

Disease

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Scope

A

Instruments used to examine

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Ic

A

Pertaining to

30
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Therapy

A

Treatment

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-centesis

A

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-desis

A

Surgical binding

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-emia

A

Blood condition

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-lysis

A

Break down; destruction; dissolving

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-malacia

A

Softening

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-oid

A

Resembling

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-penia

A

Deficiency; lack of

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-pexy

A

Surgical fixation

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-plasia

A

Growth

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-plasty

A

Surgical reconstruction

41
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-plegia

A

Paralysis

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-pnea

A

Breathing

43
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-rrhage

A

Burst forth; excessive bleeding

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-rrhea

A

Flow of discharge

45
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-stomy

A

Surgical creation of an opening

46
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-tomy

A

Incision; to surgically cut into

47
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-trophy

A

Growth