Medical Terminology 2: Suffixes Flashcards
(53 cards)
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-rrhexis
A
bursting forth
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-emia
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Blood
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-cyte
A
cell
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-osis, -ia, -ism
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condition
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-tripsy
A
to crush
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-tomy
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to cut into
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-tome
A
cutting instrument
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-lysis
A
destroy
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-pathy
A
disease of
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-ptosis
A
drooping
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-phobia
A
fear
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-rrhea
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flow or discharge
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-genesis
A
formation
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-sclerosis
A
hardening
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-cele
A
herniation
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-itis
A
infection
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-iasis
A
infestation
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-scope
A
instrument to examine
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-meter
A
instrument to measure
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-graph
A
instrument to record data
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-spasm
A
involuntary movement
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-cide
A
kill
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-penia
A
lack of
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-para
live birth
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-mania
madness
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-ostomy
make a new opening
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-metry
measurement
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-stenosis
narrowing
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-trohpy
nutrition/development
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-er
one who
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-algia, -dynia
pain
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-ic, -al, -otic, -ac, -ar, -ous
pertaining to
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-gram
picture
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-y
process of
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-grapy
recording of data
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-ectomy
to remove or cut out
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-oid
resembling
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-lepsy
seizure
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-malacia
softening
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-ist
specialist
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-stasis
staying in one place
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-lith
stone
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-ectasia
stretching
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-logy
study of
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-pexy
surgical fixation
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-centesis
surgical puncture
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-plasty
to surgically repair
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-edema
swelling
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-therapy
treatment
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-oma:
tumor
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-emesis
vomiting
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-clysis
washing
