suffix Flashcards
(78 cards)
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-ac
A
pertaining to
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-al
A
pertaining to
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-algia
A
pain
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-ancy
A
state of
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-ar
A
pertaining to
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-ary
A
pertaining to
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-asthenia
A
weakness
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-atic
A
pertaining to
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-ation
A
process; condition; state of being or having
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-cele
A
hernia; swelling; protrusion
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-centesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-clasia
A
surgical breaking
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-cyte
A
cell
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-desis
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to bind or tie together surgically
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-dipsia
A
thirst
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-dynia
A
pain
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-e
A
noun suffix with no meaning
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-eal
A
pertaining to
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-ectasis
A
dilatation; dilation; expansion
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-ectomy
A
surgical removal; excision
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-edema
A
swelling
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-ema
A
condition
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-emesis
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vomiting
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-emia
A
blood condition
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-esthesia
sensation; feeling
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-gen
producing; originating; causing
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-gram
record; image
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-graph
instrument used to record an image
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-graphy
process of recording an image
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-ia
condition
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-iasis
abnormal condition
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-ic
pertaining to
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-ical
pertaining to
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-ion
condition; process
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-ior
pertaining to
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-ism
inflammation
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-kinesia
movement
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-kinesis
movement
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-logist
specialist in the study and treatment of
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-logy
study of
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-lysis
breakdown; loosening; dissolving
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-malacia
softening
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-megaly
large; enlargement
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-meter
instrument used to measure
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-metry
process of measuring; measurement
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-oid
like; resembling
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-oma
tumor; mass
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-opia
vision
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-osis
abnormal condition
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-ous
pertaining to
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-pathy
disease
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-penia
deficiency; abnormal reduction
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-pexy
surgical fixation
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-phagia
condition of eating or swallowing
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-pharynx
pharynx; throat
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-phasia
speech
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-pnea
breathing
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-ptosis
drooping; downward displacement
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-rrhage
bursting forth ( of blood)
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-rrhagia
bursting forth (of blood)
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-rraphy
suture
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-rrhea
flow; discharge
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-rrhexis
rupture
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-sclerosis
hardening
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-scope
instrument used to observe
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-scopy
process of observing
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-spasm
involuntary muscle contraction
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-stasis
stop; stand still
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-stomy
new opening
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-thorax
chest; pleural cavity
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-tic
pertaining to
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-tome
instrument used to cut
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-tomy
incision; cut into
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-tripsy
crushing
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-trophy
development
77
-us
structure; thing
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-y
condition; process
