Chapter 2 - Suffixes Flashcards
(56 cards)
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-emesis
A
vomiting
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-itis
A
inflammation
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-oma
A
tumor
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-logy
A
study of
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-centesis
A
surgical puncture
6
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-dynia
A
pain
7
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-pathy
A
disease
8
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-centesis
A
surgical puncture
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hemat/o
A
blood
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encephal/o
A
brain
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-clasis
A
to break, surgical fracture
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-desis
A
binding, fixation
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-ectomy
A
excision, removal
14
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-lysis
A
separation, destruction, loosening
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-pexy
A
surgical fixation
16
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-plasty
A
surgical repair
17
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-rrhaphy
A
suture
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-stomy
A
forming an opening
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-tome
A
instrument to cut
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-tomy
A
incision
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-tripsy
A
crushing
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-gram
A
record, writing
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-graph
A
instrument for recording
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-graphy
A
process of recording
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-scope
instrument for examining
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-scopy
visual examination
27
-algia
pain
28
-dynia
pain
29
-cele
hernia, swelling
30
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
31
-emia
blood condition
32
-gen, -genesis
forming, producing, origin
33
-malacia
softening
34
-megaly
enlargement
35
-osis
abnormal condition, maybe increase
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-penia
deficiency, decrease
37
-phobia
fear
38
-plegia
paralysis
39
-ptosis
prolapse, downward displacement
40
-rrhea
discharge, flow
41
-rrhexis
rupture
42
-sclerosis
abnormal condition of hardening
43
-spasm
involuntary contraction, twitching
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-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
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-toxic
poison
46
-ac, al, ar, ary, eal, ic, ior, ous, tic
pertaining to
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- ia
condition
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-ism
condition
49
-iatry
medicine, treatment
50
-ist
medicine, treatment
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-icle, ole, ule
small, minute
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what are surgical suffixes
describe a type of invasive procedure performed on a body part
53
what are diagnostic suffixes
describe a procedure performed to identify the cause and nature of an illness
54
what are pathological suffixes
describe an abnormal condition or disease
55
what are grammatical suffixes
suffixes that are attached to word roots to form parts of speech like adjectives and nouns
56
what are plural suffixes
when a word changes from a singular to a plural form, the suffix is the part that changes
