Suffix Flashcards

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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary

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pertaining to

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-algia

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pain

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-asthenia

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without strength

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4
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-blast

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immature cell

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-cele

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pouching or hernia

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-cyesis

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pregnancy

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-cynia

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pain

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-eal

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pertaining to

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9
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-ectasis

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expansion or dilation

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10
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-ectomy

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removal

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-edema

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swelling

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12
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-ema

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condition

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13
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-emesis

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vomiting

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-emia

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blood condition

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15
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-esthenia

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lack of sensation

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16
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-genic

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origin or production

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17
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-gram

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record

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18
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-graphy

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recording process

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-ia

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condition of

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20
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-iasis

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condition, formation of

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21
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-iatry

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treatment

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22
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-ic

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pertaining to

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23
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-icle

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small

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24
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-ism

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condition of

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-itis
inflammation
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-ium
tissue or structure
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-lepsy
seizure
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-lith
stone, calculus
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-logy
study of
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-lysis
breaking down, dissolution
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-malacia
softening
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-megaly
enlargement
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-metry
measuring process
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-myc
fungus
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-oid
resembling
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-ole
small
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-ology
study of
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-oma
tumor
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-opia, -opsia
vision
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-orexia
appetite
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-ose
full of, pertaining to
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-osis
abnormal conditions, increase
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-osmia
smell
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-ous
pertaining to
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-paresis
partial paralysis
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-pathy
disease
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-penia
decrease
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-pepsia
digestion
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-phagia
swallowing
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-phasia
speech
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-philic
attraction for
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-phobia
fear
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-plasia
formation, development
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-plasty
-surgical repair, reconstruction
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-plegia
paralysis, stroke
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-pnea
breathing
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--polesis
formation, production
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-porosis
condition of pores, spaces
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-rrhage
to burst forth
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-rrhea
discharge
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-sclerosis
hardness
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-scopy
examination
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-spasm
involuntary contraction
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-stasis
stop and stand
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-stomy
new opening
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-tic
pertaining to
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-tomy
incision
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-tropea
to turn
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-tropic
stimulate
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-trophy
nutrition, growth
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-ula, -ule
small
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-urea
urination
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-y
condition, process of