Suffix Flashcards
(78 cards)
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-a
A
noun ending
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-abrasion
A
scraping of
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary
A
pertaining to
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-ad
A
toward
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-al
A
pertaining to
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-al, -eal, -ar, -ary
A
pertaining to
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-algia, -dynia
A
pain
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-ant, -iac, -ic
A
pertaining to
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-ar
A
pertaining to
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-cele
A
herniation, protrusion
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-cyte
A
cell
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-eal, -ic, -id, -ous
A
pertaining to
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-ectasia
A
dilation, condition of expansion
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-ectomy
A
removal, excision
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-emia
A
blood condition
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-er
A
one who
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-esthetic
A
pertaining to sensation, feeling
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-ferous
A
pertaining to carrying
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-gnosis
A
state of knowledge
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-graph
A
instrument to record
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-graphy
A
process of recording
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-ia
A
condition
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-iatics
A
treatment
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-iatrician
A
one who treats
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-iatrist
one who specializes in treatment
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-iatry
process of treatment
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-ic
pertaining to
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-icle, -ole, -ule
small, tiny
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-in
substance
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-ior
pertaining to
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-is
structure, thing, membrane
32
-ism
condition
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-ist
one who specializes
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-itis
inflammation
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-ium
structure, thing, membrane
36
-ive
pertaining to
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-logist
one who specializes in the study of
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-logy
study of
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-lysis
separate, loosen, break down, dissolve
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-malacia
softening
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-megaly
enlargement
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-meter
instrument to measure
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-metry
process of measurement
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-oid
resembling
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-oma
mass, tumor
46
-on, -us
stucture
47
-opsy
process of viewing
48
-osis
abnormal condition
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-ous
pertaining to
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-pathy
disease process
51
-plasm
formation
52
-plasty
surgical repair
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-ptosis
prolapse, drooping, sagging, falling
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-rrhage
bursting forth
55
-rrhagia
condition of bursting forth
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-rrhapy
sature, repair
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-rrhea
discharge, flow
58
-rrheic
pertaining to discharge
59
-rrhexis
rupture
60
-sclerosis
abnormal condition of hardening
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-scope
instrument to view
62
-scopy
process of viewing
63
-some
body
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-stasis
controlling stopping
65
-stenosis
abnormal condition of narrowing
66
-stomy
new opening
67
-tome
instrument to cut
68
-tomy
incision, cutting
69
-tripsy
process of crushing
70
-tripter
machine to crush
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-trite
instrument to crush
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-trophy
process of nourishment
73
-ule
small, tiny
74
-um
structure, thing, membrane
75
-us
structure, thing, membrane
76
-verse
to turn
77
-y
condition, process of
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-zation
process of
