Chapter 6: Suffixes Flashcards
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-ar
A
Pertaining to
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-al
A
Pertaining to
2
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-ic
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Pertaining to
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-ase
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Enzyme
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-centesis
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Surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-chezia
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Defecation
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-drome
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To run
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-ectasis
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Stretching
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-ectasia
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Stretching
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-ectomy
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Removal
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-emesis
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Vomiting
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-emia
A
Blood condition
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-ia
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Condition
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-iasis
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Abnormal condition
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-itis
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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
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-megaly
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Enlargement
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-oma
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Tumor or mass
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-opsy
A
To view
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-pepsia
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Digestion
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-pexy
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Surgical fixation
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-phagia
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Eating or swallowing
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-plasty
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Surgical repair
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-prandial
Meal
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-ptysis
Spitting
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-rrhaphy
Suture
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-rrhea
Flow or discharge
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-scope
Instrument for visual examination
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-scopy
Visual examination
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-spasm
Sudden involuntary contraction of
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-stalsis
Contraction
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-stasis
Stopping or controlling
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-stenosis
Tightening
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-stomy
New opening to the outside of the body
If attached to more than 1 combining from it means surgically connect (anastomosis)
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-tomy
Process of cutting
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-tresia
Opening
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-atresia
Closure
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-tripsy
To crush
