Chapter 2: Suffixes Flashcards
(58 cards)
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-clasis
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To break
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-centesis
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Surgical puncture
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-desis
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Fixation of a bone or joint
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-lysis
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Separation/destruction
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-pexy
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Fixation of an organ
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-plasty
A
Surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
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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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-trispy
A
Crushing
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-gram
A
Record
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-graph
A
Instrument for recording
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-graphy
A
Process of recording
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-meter
A
Instrument for measuring
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-metry
A
Act of measuring
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-scope
A
Instrument for examining
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-scopy
A
Visual examination
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-algia
A
Pain
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-cele
A
Hernia/swelling
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-ecstasis
A
Expansion
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-edema
A
Swelling
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-emia
A
Blood condition
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-gen
A
Forming
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-genesis
Forming
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-iasis
Abnormal condition produced by something specified
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-Lith
Stone
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-malacia
Softening
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-osis
Abnormal condition increase
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-pathy
Disease
30
-Penia
Decrease
31
-phagia
Eating
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-phasia
Speech
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-phobia
Fear
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-plasia
Growth
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-plasm
Growth
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-plegia
Paralysis
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-ptosis
Downward displacement
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-rrhage
Bursting forth
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-rrhagia
Bursting forth
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-rrhea
Discharge
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-rrhexis
Rupture
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-spasm
Involuntary contraction
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-stenosis
Narrowing
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-toxic
Poison
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-trophy
Nourishment
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ical, -ile, -ior, -ous, -tic
Pertaining to
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-esis, -ia, -ism
Condition
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-iatry
Medicine/ treatment
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-ician or -ist
Specialist
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-y
Condition/ process
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-icle, -ole, -ule
Small
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-ectomy
Excision
52
-dynia
Pain
52
-itis
Inflammation
53
-megaly
Enlargement
53
-Oma
Tumor
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-sclerosis
Abnormal condition of hardening
