Suffix Flashcards
(91 cards)
1
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Suffix: -a
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Noun ending, no meaninf
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Suffix: -ac
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Pertaining to
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Suffix: -ad
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Toward
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Suffix: -algia
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Pain
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Suffix: -amnios
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Amniotic fluid
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Suffix: -apheresis
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Removal
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Suffix: -ar
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Pertaining to
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Suffix: -ary
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Pertaining to
9
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Suffix: -asthenia
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Weakness
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Suffix: -carcinoma
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Cancerous tumour
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Suffix: -cele
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Hernia, protrusion, swelling
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Suffix: -centesis
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Surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
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Suffix: -crine
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To secrete
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Suffix: -cyesis
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Pregnancy
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Suffix: -cyte
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Cell
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Suffix: -desis
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Surgical fixation, fusion
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Suffix: -drome
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Run, running
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Suffix: -e
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Noun ending, no meaning
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Suffix: -eal
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Pertaining to
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Suffix: -ectasis
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Stretching out, dilation, expansion
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Suffix: -ectomy
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Excision, surgical removal, cut out
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Suffix: -emesis
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Vomiting
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Suffix: -emia
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In the blood
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Suffix: -esis
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Condition
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Suffix: -gen
Substance or agent that produces or causes
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Suffix: -genic
Producing, originating, causing
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Suffix: -gram
The record, radiographic image
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Suffix: -graph
Instrument used to record; the record
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Suffix: -graphy
Process of recording, radiographic imaging
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Suffix: -ia
Condition of, diseased state, abnormal state
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Suffix: -iasis
Condition
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Suffix: -iatrist
Specialist
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Suffix: - iatry
Specialty, treatment
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Suffix: -ic
Pertaining to
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Suffix: -ictal
Seizure, attack
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Suffix: -ior
Pertaining to
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Suffix: -ism
State of
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Suffix: -itis
Inflammation
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Suffix: -logist
Specialist who studies and treats
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Suffix: -logy
Study of
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Suffix: -lysis
Separating, loosening, dissolution
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Suffix: -malacia
Softening
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Suffix: -megaly
Enlarged, enlargement
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Suffix: -meter
Instrument used to measure
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Suffix: -metry
Measuring, process of measuring
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Suffix: -oid
Resembling
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Suffix: -oma
Tumour, swelling
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Suffix: -opia
Vision
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Suffix: -opsy
Viewing, process of viewing
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Suffix: -osis
Abnormal condition, increased number (blood)
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Suffix: -ous
Pertaining to
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Suffix: -paresis
Slight paralysis
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Suffix: -pathy
Disease
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Suffix: -penia
Abnormal reduction in number
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Suffix: -pepsia
Digestion
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Suffix: -pexy
Surgical fixation
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Suffix: -phagia
Swallowing, eating
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Suffix: -phobia
Aversion, abnormal fear
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Suffix: -physis
Growth
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Suffix: -plasia
Formation, development, growth
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Suffix: -plasm
Growth, substance, formation
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Suffix: -plasty
Surgical repair
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Suffix: -plegia
Paralysis
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Suffix: -pnea
Breathing
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Suffix: -poiesis
Formation
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Suffix: -ptosis
Prolapse, drooping
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Suffix: -rrhage
Excessive bleeding
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Suffix: -rrhagia
Excessive bleeding
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Suffix: -rrhaphy
Repairing, suturing
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Suffix: -rrhea
Discharge, flow
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Suffix: -rrhexis
Rupture
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Suffix: -salpinx
Fallopian tube, uterine tube
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Suffix: -sarcoma
Malignant tumour
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Suffix: -schisis
Split, fissure
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Suffix: -sclerosis
Hardening
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Suffix: -scope
Instrument used for visual examination
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Suffix: -scopic
Pertaining to visual examination
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Suffix: -scopy
Process of visually examining
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Suffix: -spasm
Sudden, involuntary contraction of muscle
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Suffix: -stasis
Stop, control, standing
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Suffix: -stenosis
Constriction, narrowing
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Suffix: -stomy
Creation of artificial opening
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Suffix: -thorax
Chest cavity, chest
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Suffix: -tocia
Labour, birth
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Suffix: -tome
Instrument used to cut
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Suffix: -tomy
Incision, cut into
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Suffix: -tripsy
Surgical crushing
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Suffix: -trophy
Nourishment, development
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Suffix: -um
No meaning
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Suffix: -uria
Urine, urination
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Suffix: -us
No meaning
