Medical Word Suffixes Flashcards
(67 cards)
1
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -tic, -ical, -ory, -ous, -tous
A
pertaining 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
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-cide, -cidal
A
destroying, killing
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-clasis, -clast
A
breaking
7
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-cyte
A
cell
8
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-derma
A
skin
9
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-dipsia
A
thirst
10
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-dynia
A
pain
11
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-ectasis
A
dilation, expansion
12
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-ectomy
A
excision, surgical removal
13
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-edema
A
swelling
14
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-emia
A
a condition of the blood
15
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-esthesia
A
sensation
16
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-gen, -genesis
A
creating, producing
17
Q
-gram
A
record
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-graph
A
recording instrument
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-graphy
A
process of recording
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-gravida
A
pregnant woman
21
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-ia, -ism
A
condition
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-iasis
A
pathological condition or state
23
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-ist
A
specialist
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-itis
A
inflammation
25
-kinesia, -kinesis
movement
26
-lith
stone
27
-logist
specialist in the study of
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-logy
study of
29
-lysis
destruction of
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-malacia
softening
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-megaly
enlargement
32
-meter
instrument for measuring
33
-metry
measurement
34
-oid
resembling
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-ole
small
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-oma
tumor
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-opia
vision
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-oxia
oxygen
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-paresis
slight or partial paralysis
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-pathy
disease
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-pause
cessation
42
-penia
deficiency
43
-pepsia
digestion
44
-pexy
surgical fixation
45
-phage, -phagia
eating, swallowing
46
-phasia
speech
47
-phobia
fear
48
-phoria
feeling
49
-plasm, -plasia
formation, growth
50
-plasty
surgical repair
51
-plegia
paralysis
52
-pnea
breathing
53
-ptosis
drooping, prolapse
54
-rrhagia, -rrhage
bursting forth
55
-rrhaphy
suture, suturing
56
-rrhea
flow, discharge
57
-rrhexis
rupture
58
-scope
instrument used to view
59
-scopy
visual examination
60
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
61
-stomy
mouthlike opening
62
-therapy
treatment
63
-tome
cutting instrument
64
-tomy
cutting into, incision
65
-tripsy
crushing
66
-trophy
nourishment or growth
67
-uria
urine
