Ch 3 Suffixes and Terminology Flashcards
(64 cards)
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-algia
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pain
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-dynia
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pain
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-ectomy
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exciosion, removal
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-tomy
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incision, cuttining into
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-stomy
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creating a new incision
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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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-gram
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record
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-itis
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inflammation
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-logy
A
study of
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-lysis
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breakdown, destruction, seperation
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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 or collection of fluid
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-opsy
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to view (usually a microscope)
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-osis
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condition, usually abnormal
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-pathy
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disease condition
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-penia
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deficiency
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-phobia
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fear
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-plasia
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development, formation, growth
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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(acro)
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extremity (acrophobia fear of heights)
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(hydro)
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water
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(agora)
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market place (agoraphbia fear of crowds)
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(tris/kai/deka/phobia)
fear of number 13 (trisk-3/kai-and/deca-ten/phobia-fear)
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-ptosis
drooping, sagging, porlapse (pronounce p only when by itself, can be a lone word)
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-sclerosis
hardening
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-scope
instrument for visual examination
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-scopy
process of visual exam
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-stasis
stopping, or controling
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-therapy
treatment
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-trophy
development, nourishment
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hyperplasia
increase in number of cells
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hypertrophy
increase in size, not number
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-er
one who
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-ia
condition
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-ist
specialist
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-ole
little, small
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-ule
little, small
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-um, ium
structure, tissue, thing
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-us
structure. substance
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-y
condition, process
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-ac, ic
pertaining to
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-al
pertaining to
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-ar, ary
pertaining to
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-eal
pertaining to
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-genic
pertaining to producing, produced by or in
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ic, ical
pertaining to
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-oid
resembling
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-ose
-pertaining to, full of
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-ous
pertaining to
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-tic
pertaining to
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-coccus (-cocci)
berry-shapped bacterium/ia
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-cyte
cell
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*atrium
the upper chambers of the heart
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*ventricles
lower chambers of heart
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*endocardium
thin tissue that lines each chamber and valve
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*myocardium
cardiac muscle surrounding each chamber
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*pericardium
the double-folded layer of connective tissue that surrounds the heart
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*thrombocyte
platelets, tiny fragments of cells in bone marrow used for blood clotting
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-cele
hernia
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-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-emia
blood condition
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-genesis
condition of producing, forming
