Chapter 7-suffixes Flashcards
(40 cards)
1
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-al, -ar, -ic, -ical, -tic
A
pertaining to
2
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-ation
A
process; condition
3
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-blast
A
developing cell
4
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-capnia
A
carbon dioxide
5
Q
-cide
A
to kill
6
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-crit
A
to separate
7
Q
-cyte
A
cell
8
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-e
A
noun suffix with no meaning
9
Q
-ectomy
A
surgical removal; excision
10
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-emia
A
blood condition
11
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-emic
A
pertaining to blood condition
12
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-fuge
A
to separate by spinning
13
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-fusion
A
to pour; to come together
14
Q
-gen
A
substance that produces
15
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-globulin
A
protein
16
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-ia
A
condition
17
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-in, -ine
A
chemical; chemical compound; substance
18
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-itis
A
inflammation
19
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-logist
A
specialist
20
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-logy
A
study of
21
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-lysis
A
breakdown; separation; loosening
22
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-lytic
A
pertaining to breakdown or destruction
23
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-megaly
A
enlargement
24
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-oma
A
tumor; mass
25
-osis
process; abnormal condition
26
-pathy
disease
27
-penia
deficiency
28
-phage
eat; swallo
29
-pheresis
removal
30
-phil, -philia
love; attraction for
31
-phoresis
transmission, carrying
32
-plasm
formation; structure
33
-plastic
pertaining to formation
34
-poisesis
formation
35
-rrhage
rupture; bursting forth (of blood)
36
-sis
state; condition
37
-stasis
stoppage of flow
38
-suppression
to stop
39
-therapy
treatment
40
-tomy
process of cutting; incision
