Suffix Flashcards
(71 cards)
1
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-cele
A
hernia (something that sticks out where it shouldn’t)
2
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centesis
A
puncture
3
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cide
A
killing
4
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cyte
A
cell
5
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desis
A
binding (by a disease process)
6
Q
ectomy
A
Removal
7
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emia
A
blood condition
8
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genic
A
creating; giving rise to
9
Q
gram
A
written, visual record
10
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graph
A
instrument used to produce a visual record
11
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graphy
A
procedure used to produce a visual record
12
Q
ia
y
A
condition; disease; literally place
13
Q
iasis
A
presence of
14
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iatrics
iatry
A
medical science
15
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iatrist
A
specialist in the practice of
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icle
ole
ule
ula
A
diminuitive suffix; makes whatever is in front smaller
17
Q
ise
ize
A
ending that makes a noun into a verb
18
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ism
A
condition or procedure or belief
19
Q
ist
A
specialist
20
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itis
A
inflammation
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ium
A
tissue or structure
22
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lith
A
stone
23
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logist
A
specialist in the study
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logy
A
study of
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lysis
lytic
breakdown, destruction
26
malacia
softening
27
megaly
enlargement
28
meter
instrument for measurement
29
oid
resembling
30
oma
tumor or swelling
31
osis
condition
32
pathy
disease
33
penia
deficiency; lack of
34
pexy
surgical fixation; binding by a surgical procedure
35
plasia
formation. development, growth
36
plasty
surgical reconstruction or reformation
37
ptosis
drooping
38
rrhage
rrhea
excessive flow
39
rrhaphy
surgical formation of a seam; suturing
40
rrhexis
rupture
41
scope
instrument for visualizing something
42
spasm
involuntary contraction
43
stomy
creation of an opening
44
tion
word ending that makes a noun into a verb
45
tomy
cut;incision
46
us
condition
47
-ase
Word ending for enzymes
48
-blast
Rapidly dividing cell
49
-cyte
Cell
50
-elle
Diminutive suffix
51
-icle
-iculum
Diminutive suffix
52
-ion
Diminutive suffix
53
-ole
-ule
Diminutive suffix
54
-ula
-ular
-ulum
Diminutive suffix
55
-gen
-genic
-genesis
-genous
Creation or creating; giving rise too
56
-ic
Referring too
57
-id
-ide
-tide
Word ending for many chemicals
58
-in
-ein
-globulin
Word endings for proteins
59
-ine
Commonly used to indicate an amino acid
60
-ium
Tissue or structure
61
-lysis
Breakdown; destruction
62
-oid
Resembling
63
-ol
Commonly used to indicate an alcohol
64
-olus
Smaller
65
-oma
Tumor or swelling
66
-ose
Commonly used to indicate a sugar
67
-osis
Process
68
-ote
Type of cell
69
-penia
Deficiency; lack of
70
-Poiesis
Process of creation
71
-some
Body
