Ch 1 Suffixes And Plurals Flashcards by Bettina Hayton

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-cele

A

Hernia, protrusion

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-algia

A

Pain

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-cyte

A

Cell

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-ectasis

A

Dilation

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-gen

A

That which produces

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-ia

A

State, condition

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-iasis

A

Abnormal condition

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-iatry

A

Medical treatment

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-ism

A

State of (eg. Hypothyroidisim)

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-itis

A

Inflammation

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logist

- logy

A

One who studies

Study of

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-lysis

A

Destruction

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-malacia

A

Abnormal softening

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-megaly

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Enlargement, large

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-oid

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Resembling

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-oma

A

Tumor, mass, swelling

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-pathy

A

Disease

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-phobia

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Fear

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-plasia

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Development, growth

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-plasm

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Formation, development

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-ptosis

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Drooping

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-rrhage

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Excessive, abnormal flow

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-rrhea

A

Discharge, flow

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-sclerosis

Hardening

-stenosis

Narrowing

-therapy

Treatment

-ule

Small

-ac

Pertaining to

-al

Pertaining to

-an

Pertaining to

-ar

Pertaining to

-ary

Pertaining to

-atic

Pertaining to

-eal

Pertaining to

-iac

Pertaining to

-ic

Pertaining to

-ile

Pertaining to

-ine

Pertaining to

-ior

Pertaining to

-nic

Pertaining to

-ory

Pertaining to

-ose

Pertaining to | Resembling

-ous

Pertaining to

-tic

Pertaining to

-centesis

Puncture to withdraw fluid

-ectomy

Surgical removal

-ostomy

Surgically create an opening

-otomy

Cutting into

-pexy

Surgical fixation

-plasty

Surgical repair

-rrhaphy

Suture

-gram

Record or picture

-meter

Instrument for measuring

-scope

Instrument for viewing

Plural of -a

-ae

Plural of - ax - ex - ix

- aces - eces - ices

Plural of -nx

-nges

Plural of -is

-ses

Plural of -ma

-mata

Plural of | -on

-a

Plural of -us

-i

Plural of -y

-ies

-partum

Child birth

-pnea

Breathing

-tropia

Turned condition

-plegia

Paralysis

-cyesis

State of pregnancy

-gravida

Pregnancy

-ceps

Pertaining to heads

-dynia

Pain

-osis

Abnormal condition

-lyric

Destruction

-um

-a

-rrhagia

Abnormal flow condition

-trophy

Nourishment, development

-genic

Producing, produced by

-genesis

Produces, generates

-graph

Instrument for recording

-graphy

Process of recording

-metry

Process of measuring

-scopy

Process of visually examining