Chapter 6 - suffixes Flashcards
(34 cards)
1
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ous
A
pertaining to
2
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-ant
A
substance that promotes
3
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-ation
A
process; condition
4
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-crit
A
to separate
5
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-ectomy
A
surgical removal; excision
6
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-emia
A
blood condition
7
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-emic
A
pertaining to blood condition
8
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-gram
A
record; image
9
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-graph
A
instrument for recording
10
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-graphy
A
process of recording
11
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-ia
A
condition
12
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-in, -ine
A
chemical; chemical compound; substance
13
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-ism
A
process; condition
14
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-itis
A
inflammation
15
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-ive
A
substance that promotes
16
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-lytic
A
pertaining to breakdown or destruction
17
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-megaly
A
enlargement
18
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-meter
A
measure
19
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-oma
A
tumor; mass
20
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-or
A
one who (or something that) takes action or does something
21
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-osis
A
process; abnormal condition
22
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-pathy
A
disease
23
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-penia
A
deficiency
24
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-plasty
A
surgical repair
25
-pheresis
removal
26
-rrhexis
rupture
27
-sclerosis
hardening; thickening
28
-stenosis
narrowing; tightening
29
-stomy
surgical opening
30
-tension
pressure
31
-tomy
process of cutting; incision
32
-trophy
condition of growth or development
33
-um, -us
structure; tissue; thing
34
-version
to turn
