Common Suffixes Flashcards by Magi Hale

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-ac
cardiac

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pertaining to

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-blast, -blasto, -blastic
myeloblast

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bud, germ

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-cyte, -cytic
thrombocyte

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cell

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-dynia
thoracodynia

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pain, swelling

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-eal, -ial
esophageal

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pertaining to

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-ectasis
Bronchiectasis

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expansion, dilation

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-emia
anemia

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blood condition

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-ia
hemophelia

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condition

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-iasis
psoriasis

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condition; formation of

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-ism
hypothyroidism

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condition

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-ites, itis
arthritis

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inflammation

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-ity
immunity

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pertaining to

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-ium
epithelium

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structure or tissue

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-lysis, -lytic
osteolytic

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break down; destruction; dissolving

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-malacia
osteomalacia

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softening

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-megaly
Cardiomegaly

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enlargement

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-oid
arachnoid trabeculae

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resembling

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-oma
angiosarcoma

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tumor

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-osis
endometriosis

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condition, usually abnormal

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-ous
aqueous

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pertaining to

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-pathy
lymphadenopathy

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disease

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-penia
thrombocytopenia

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deficiency, lack of

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-phagia, -phagy
dysphagia

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eating, swallowing

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-phasia
aphasia

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speech

-plasia, -plastic hyperplasia

growth

-plegia hemiplegia

paralysis

-pnea sleep apnea

breathing

-poiesis hemopoiesis

production

-ptosis apoptosis

falling, drooping

-rrhage, -rrhagic hemorrhage

bleeding

-rrhea diarrhea

flow, discharge

-sclerosis arteriosclerosis

hardening

-sis agranulocytosis

condition

-stasis homeostasis

level, unchanging

-trophy hypertrophy

growth

-uria anuria

in the urine