Chapter 3 - Suffixes Flashcards
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-cele
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Hernia
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-algia
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Pain
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-centesis
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Surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-coccus
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Berry-shaped
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-cocci
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Bacterium
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-cyte
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Cell
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-dynia
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Pain
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-ectomy
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Excision, removal, resection
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-emia
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Blood condition
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-genesis
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Condition of producing, forming
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-gram
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Record
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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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-it is
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Inflammation
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-logy
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Study of
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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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-oma
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Tumor, mass, collection of fluid
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-opsy
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To view
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-osis
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Condition, usually abnormal
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-pathy
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Disease condition
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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
Development, formation, growth
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-plasty
Surgical repair
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-ptosis
Drooping, falling, prolapse
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-sclerosis
Hardening
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-scope
Instrument for visual examination
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-scopy
Process of visual examination
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-stasis
Controlling, stopping
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-stomy
Opening to form a mouth (stoma)
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-therapy
Treatment
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-tomy
Incision, cutting into
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-trophy
Development, nourishment
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-er
One who
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-ia
Condition
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-ist
Specialist
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- ole
| - ule
Little, small
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- um
| - ium
Structure, tissue
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-us
Structure, substance
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-y
Condition, process
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-ose
Pertaining to, full of
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-genic
Pertaining to producing, produced by or in
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-oid
Resembling, derived from
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-ac, -iac, -al, -ar, -ary
Pertaining to
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-eal, -ic, -ical, -ous, -tic
Pertaining to
