Chapter 3 Suffixes Flashcards
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-centesis
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Surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-cele
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Hernia
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-Coccus (singular)
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Berry-shapes
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-cocci (plural)
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Bacterium
Plural bacteria
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-dynia
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Pain
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-genesis
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Condition of producing, forming
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-graph
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Instrument for recording
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-graphy
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Process of recording
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-lysis
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Breakdown, destruction, separation
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-malacia
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Softening
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-megaly
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Enlargement
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-penia
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Deficiency
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-phobia
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Fear
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-plasia
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Development, formation, growth
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-plasty
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Surgical repair
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-ptosis
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Drooping, falling, prolapse
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-sclerosis
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Hardening
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-stasis
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Controlling, stopping
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-stomy
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Opening to form a mouth (stoma)
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-therapy
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Treatment
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-trophy
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Development, nourishment
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-er
A
One who
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-ia
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Condition
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-ole
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Little, small
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-ule
Little, small
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-um, -ium
Structure, tissue
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-us
Structure, substance
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-ar
Pertaining to
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-ary
Pertaining to
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-eal
Pertaining to
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-oid
Resembling, derived from
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-ose
Pertaining to, full of
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-ous
Pertaining to
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-tic
Pertaining to
