Prefixes and Suffixes Flashcards by Morgan Hildebrand

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-tomy

A

to cut

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-stomy

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surgically create an opening

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-ectomy

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excision, to surgically remove something

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-pexy

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surgical fixation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluids or gas

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-graphy

A

procedure that records

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-graph

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the machine used to make recording

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-gram

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the recording itself

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aspiration

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removal of fluid by suction

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-lysis

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destruction, breakdown, degradation, separation

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-lytic

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having the ability to cause destruction

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-lysin

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a substance capable of destruction

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-scope

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an instrument used to view

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-scopy

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the act of viewing with an instrument

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-therapy

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Word part <u>and</u> term, -treatment

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-rrhagia

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bleeding, “bursting forth”

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-rrhaphy

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to suture, surgically sew something

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-rrhea

A

flow, discharge

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-rrhexis

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rupture

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-algia and -dynia

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Pain

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-ia

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condition, state (hypoxia - state of low oxygen)

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-ion

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action or process

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-itis

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condition <b>with</b> inflammation

-ive

performs or ends toward

-malacia

softened, softening, such as tissue soft to the touch

-megaly

enlarged

-osis

non-inflammatory condition, increased condition

Ab -

away from

dys-

difficult, painful, or bad

endo-

within or inside

hyper-

elevated, higher, or more than normal

inter-

between

poly-

many or excessive

pre-

before

sub-

below, under, less

A-

without or no

An-

without or no

Ad-

toward

anti-

means against

Eu-

good, easy, normal

Ex or exo-

without, out of, outside, away from

ecto-

outside

hypo-

depressed, lower than normal, BELOW

intra-

means withi

oligo-

scant or little

post-

after

super and supra-

above, beyond