Chapter 3. Suffixes Flashcards by Elizabeth Stephens

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-cele

A

hernia

cytocele

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-algia

A

pain

neuralgia

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluids

amniocentesis

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coccus

- cocci (plural)

A

berry-shaped bacteria/bacterium

streptococcus

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-cyte

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cell

erythrocyte

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-dynia

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pain

pluerodynia

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-ectomy

A

excision, removal

mastectomy

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-emia

A

blood condition

anemia

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-genesis

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condition of producing, forming

carcinogenesis

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-gram

A

record

electroencephalograph

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-graphy

A

process of recording

angiography

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-itis

A

inflammation

bronchitis

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-logy

A

study of

ophthalmology

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-lysis

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breakdown, destruction, separation

hemolysis

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-malacia

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softening

osteomalacia

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-megaly

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enlargement

agromegaly

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-oma

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tumor, mass

myoma

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-opsy

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to view

biopsy

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-osis

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condition, usually abnormal

necrosis

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-pathy

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disease condition

cardiomyopathy

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-penia

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deficiency

erythropenia

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-phobia

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fear

acrophobia

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-plasia

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development, formation, growth

achondroplasia

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-plasty

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surgical repair

angioplasty

-ptosis

drooping, falling, prolapse blepharoptosis

-sclerosis

hardening osteosclerosis

-scope

instrument to visually examine laproscope

-scopy

process of visually examining laproscopy

-stasis

controlling, stopping metastasis

-stomy

opening to form a mouth colostomy

-therapy

treatment chemotherapy

-tomy

incision, cutting into laprotomy

-trophy

development, nourishment hypertrophy

-er

one who

-ia

condition leukemia

-ist

specialist nephrologist

-ole -ule

little, small arteriole, venule

-um -ium

structure, tissue pericardium

-us

structure, substance mucus, esophagus

-y

condition, process nephropathy

-genic

pertaining to producing, produced by or in carcinogenic

-oid

resembling adenoids

-ose

pertaining to full of adipose

-ar -ary -eal -ous -tic

pertaining to