MEDICAL SUFFIXES Flashcards
(40 cards)
1
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-able
A
able to
2
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-algia
A
pain
3
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-cele
A
hernia
4
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-centesis
A
surgical puncture
5
Q
-cide
A
destructive, killing
6
Q
-cule
A
little
7
Q
-cyte
A
cell
8
Q
-ectasia
A
expansion, dilation
9
Q
-ectomy
A
excision
10
Q
-emia
A
blood
11
Q
-esis
A
action
12
Q
-form
A
shaped like
13
Q
-genesis
A
origin, formation
14
Q
-graph
A
writing
15
Q
-iasis, -ism
A
condition
16
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
17
Q
-ize
A
to treat
18
Q
-lith
A
stone
19
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-lysis
A
disintegration
20
Q
-malacia
A
softening
21
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-megaly
A
enlargement
22
Q
-meter
A
measuring instrument
23
Q
-oid
A
resemblance, likeness
24
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-oma
A
tumor
25
-opathy, -pathy
any disease of
26
-orrhaphy
surgical repair
27
-osis
disease
28
-ostomy, -stomy
to form an opening
29
-penia
deficiency, decrease
30
-phage
ingesting
31
-phobia
fear
32
-plasty
plastic surgery
33
-plegia
paralysis
34
-rhage
hemorrhage
35
-rhea
excessive discharge
36
-rhexis
rupture
37
-scope
lighted instrument
38
-scopy
to examine visually
39
-spasm
involuntary contraction
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