Chapter 2 (Suffix) Flashcards
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iatrist, ician, ist
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specialist
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iatrics, iatry
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field of medicine
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logist, ologist
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specialist in the study of
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logo, ology
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study of
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centesis
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surgical puncture
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cidal, cide
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destroying, killing
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desis
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surgical fixation of bone or joint, binding, tying together
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dilation
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widening, stretching, expanding
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ectomy
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excision, surgical removal
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graphy
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process of recording
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metry
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measurement
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pexy
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surgical fixation
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plasty
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surgical repair
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rrhaphy
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suture, suturing
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scopy
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visual examination
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therapy
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treatment
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tomy
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cutting into, incision
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tripsy
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crushing
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acusia, acusis, cusis
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hearing
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algesia, algesic, algia, dynia
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pain
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dipsia
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thirst
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esthesia
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sensation
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opia, opsia, opsis, opsy
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vision, view of
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osmia
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smell, odor
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phobia
fear
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phoria
feeling
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clasis, clast
to break
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ectasis
dilation, expansion
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emesis
vomiting
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gen, genesis, genie, genous
creating, producing
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kinesia, kinesis
movement
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lysis
destruction
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pause, stasis
cessation, stopping
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phage, phagia
eating, swallowing
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phasia
speech
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rrhage, rrhagia
bursting forth
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rrhea
flow, discharge
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rrhexis
rupture
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spasm
sudden involuntary contraction
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uresis
urination
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cele
hernia
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constriction
narrowing
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cytosis
a condition of cells
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derma
skin
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edema
swelling
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emia
a condition of the blood
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gravida
pregnant woman
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ia, ism
condition
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iasis
pathological condition or state
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itis
inflammation
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lepsy, leptic
seizure
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Lith
stone
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malacia
softening
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megaly
enlargement
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necrosis
tissue death
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oid
resembling
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oma
tumor
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osis
abnormal condition
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oxia
oxygen
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paresis
slight or partial paralysis
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partum, tocia
childbirth, labor
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pathy
disease
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penia
deficiency
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pepsia
digestion
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phonia
voice
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plasia, plasm
formation, growth
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plastic
pertaining to formation or growth
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plegia
paralysis
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plegic
pertaining to paralysis
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pnea
breathing
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pneic
pertaining to breathing
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ptosis
drooping, prolapse
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salpinx
uterine (fallopian) tube
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sclerosis
hardening
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static
not in motion, at rest
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stenosis
narrowing, stricture
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thorax
chest
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trophy
nourishment, growth
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uria
urine
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graph
recording instrument
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meter
measuring instrument
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scope
viewing instrument
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tome
cutting instrument
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cyte, cytic
cell
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gram
record
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ole, ule
small
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prandial
meal
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stomy
mouthlike opening
