Chapter 10 - suffixes Flashcards
(34 cards)
1
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-al, -ar, -eal, -ial, -ic, -tic
A
pertaining to
2
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-algesia
A
pain; sensitivity
3
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-algia
A
pain
4
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-asthenia
A
weakness
5
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-cele
A
hernia; swelling; protrusion
6
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-emic
A
pertaining to blood condition
7
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-esthesia
A
feeling; sensation
8
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-ferent
A
to carry
9
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-glia
A
glue
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-graphy
A
process of recording
11
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-ia
A
condition
12
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-ion
A
process; state; condition
13
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-ist
A
specialist
14
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-itis
A
inflammation
15
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-lepsy
A
seizure
16
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-leptic
A
to seize; take hold of
17
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-logy
A
study of
18
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-lysis
A
breakdown; separation; loosening
19
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-lytic
A
pertaining to breakdown or destruction
20
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-mania
A
obsessive preoccupation
21
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-orexia
A
appetite
22
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-osis
A
process; abnormal condition
23
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-paresis
A
weakness
24
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-pathy
A
disease
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-phasia
speech
26
-phobia
fear
27
-plegia
paralysis
28
-rrhagic
pertaining to bursting forth (of blood)
29
-rrhaphy
suture
30
-sclerosis
hardening; thickening
31
-taxia
muscle coordination
32
-tomy
process of cutting; incision
33
-tropic
turning
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-um, -us
structure; tissue; thing
