Flashcards in Lesson 4- Compound Suffixes Deck (18)
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Dilation, enlargement
-ectasia
-ectasis
1
Surgical excision; removal of all or part of an organ
-ectomy
2
Substance that produces
-gen
3
Formation, origin
-genesis
4
Causing, producing, caused by, produced by or in
-genic
-genous
5
A record of the activity of an organ
-graph
6
The recording of the activity of an organ.
A descriptive treatis
-graphy
7
Dissolution, reduction, decomposition, disintegration
-lysis
8
Pertaining to dissolution or decomposition, disintegration
-lytic
9
Disease
-pathy
10
Dropping, sagging, prolapse (of an organ or part)
-ptosis
11
Profuse discharge, hermorrhage
-rrhagia
12
Profuse discharge, excessive secretion
-rrhea
13
Bursting, rupture
-rrhexis
14
An instrument for examining
-scope
15
Examination
-scopy
16
A surgical instrument for cutting
-tome
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