Chapter 15 - suffixes Flashcards
(36 cards)
1
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-al, -an, -ary, -ic, -ical, -ine
A
pertaining to
2
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-algia
A
pain
3
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-arche
A
beginning
4
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-ation
A
process; condition
5
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-cele
A
hernia; swelling; protrusion
6
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-centesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fluid
7
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-cyesis
A
state of pregnancy
8
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-derm
A
embryonic layer
9
Q
-dynia
A
pain
10
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-ectomy
A
surgical removal; excision
11
Q
-gram
A
record; image
12
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-graphy
A
process of recording
13
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-gravida
A
pregnant
14
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-ion
A
process; state; condition
15
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
16
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-logist
A
specialist
17
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-logy
A
study of
18
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-lysis
A
breakdown; separation; loosening
19
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-osis
A
abnormal condition
20
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-para
A
to bear (offspring)
21
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-partum
A
childbirth
22
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-pathy
A
disease
23
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-pexy
A
surgical fixation
24
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-plasia
A
development; formation
25
-plasty
surgical repair
26
-phylaxis
protection against infection
27
-rrhagia
rapid flow; bursting forth (of blood)
28
-rrhaphy
suture
29
-rrhea
flow; excessive discharge
30
-rrhexis
rupture
31
-salpinx
fallopian tube
32
-scope
instrument used to view
33
-scopy
visual examination using a scope
34
-tocia
childbirth; labor
35
-tomy
process of cutting; incision
36
-um
structure; tissue; thing
