suffix Flashcards
(40 cards)
1
Q
a word element placed at the end of a root to change the meaning of the word
A
suffix
2
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-algia
A
pain
3
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-asis
A
condition, usually abnormal
4
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-cele
A
hernia, hernation, pouching
5
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-centesis
A
puncture and aspiration of
6
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-cyte
A
cell
7
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-duction
A
make something happen
8
Q
-ectasis
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dilation, stretching
9
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-ectomy
A
excision, removal of
10
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-emia
A
blood condition
11
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-genesis
A
development, production, creation
12
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-genic
A
producing, causing
13
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-gram
A
record
14
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-graph
A
a diagram, a recording instrument
15
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-graphy
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making a recording
16
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-iasis
A
condition of
17
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-itis
A
inflamation
18
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-logy
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the study of
19
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-lysis
A
destruction of, decomposition
20
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-megaly
A
enlargement
21
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-meter
A
measuring instrument
22
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-metry
A
measuremnet
23
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-oma
A
tumour
24
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-osis
A
condition
25
-pathy
disease
26
-penia
lack, deficiency
27
-phasia
speaking
28
-phobia
an exaggerated fear
29
-plasty
surgical repair or reshaping
30
-plegia
paralysis
31
-ptosis
falling, sagging, dropping, down
32
-rrhage, - rrhagia
excessive flow
33
-rrhaphy
stitching, suturing
34
-otomy, -tomy
incision, cutting into
35
-ostomy, -stomy
creation of an opening
36
-rrhea
profuse flow, discharge
37
-scope
examination instrument
38
-scopy
examination using a scope
39
-stasis
maintenance, maintaining a constant level
40
-uria
condition of the urine
