suffixes test 1 Chap 1, 2, 3, 4 Flashcards

1
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-oma

A

tumor or mass

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2
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-itis

A

inflammation

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3
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-logy

A

root -log (study) and -y (process or condition)

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4
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-opsy

A

process of viewing

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5
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-ic (-ical)

A

pertaining to

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6
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-al

A

pertaining to

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7
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-ion

A

process

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8
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-scopy

A

-scop (visual examination) and -y (process)

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9
Q

-gram

A

record

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10
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-cyte

A

cell

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11
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-ectomy

A

excision or removal

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12
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-tomy

A

-tom (to cut) and -y (process of)

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13
Q

-emia

A

blood condition

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14
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-sis(-osis)

A

state or condition of

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15
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-globin

A

protein

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16
Q

-genic

A

pertaining to producing, produced by or produced in

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17
Q

-ist

A

one who specializes in a field of medicine(or other profession)

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18
Q

-scope

A

an instrument for visual examination

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19
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-algia

A

pain

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20
Q

-pathy

A

disease condition

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21
Q

-eal

A

pertaining to

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22
Q

-iac

A

pertaining to

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23
Q

-ior

A

pertaining to

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24
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-ism

A

process, condition

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25
Q

-ose

A

pertaining to, full of

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26
Q

-plasm

A

formation

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27
Q

-somes

A

bodies

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28
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-type

A

picture, classification

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29
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-cele

A

hernia

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30
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-centesis

A

surgical puncture to remove fluid

31
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-coccus, -cocci (plural)

A

berry-shaped bacterium

32
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-dynia

A

pain

33
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-genesis

A

condition of producing, formng

34
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-graph

A

instrument for recording

35
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-graphy

A

process of recording

36
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-lysis

A

breakdown, destruction, separation

37
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-malacia

A

softening

38
Q

-megaly

A

enlargement

39
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-penia

A

deficiency

40
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-phobia

A

fear

41
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-plasia

A

development, formation, growth

42
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-plasty

A

surgical repair

43
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-ptosis

A

drooping, failing, prolapse

44
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-rrhea

A

flow, discharge

45
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-sclerosis

A

hardening

46
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-stasis

A

controlling, stopping

47
Q

-stomy

A

opening to form a mouth (stoma)

48
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-therapy

A

treatment

49
Q

-trophy

A

development, nourishment

50
Q

-er

A

one who

51
Q

-ia

A

condition

52
Q

-ole

A

little, small

53
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-ule

A

little, small

54
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-um, ium

A

structure, tissue

55
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-us

A

structure, substance

56
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-y

A

condition, process

57
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-ar

A

pertaining to

58
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-ary

A

pertaining to

59
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-oid

A

resembling, derived from

60
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-tic

A

pertaining to

61
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-drome

A

to run

62
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-fusion

A

coming together, to pour

63
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-or

A

one who

64
Q

-partum

A

birth, labor

65
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-phoria

A

to bear, carry: feeling (mental state)

66
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-physis

A

to grow

67
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-pnea

A

breathing

68
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-blast

A

embryonic, immature

69
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-crine

A

to secrete

70
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-gen

A

substance that produces

71
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-lapse

A

to slide, fall, sag

72
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-meter

A

to measure

73
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-mission

A

to send

74
Q

-oxia

A

oxygen