Suffix Master List: Part 1 Flashcards
(44 cards)
1
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-iatrics/-iatry
A
field of medicine
2
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-iatrist/-ician/-ist
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specialist
3
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-logist/-ologist
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specialist in the study of
4
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-logy/-ology
A
study of
5
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture
6
Q
-cidal/-cide
A
destroying, killing
7
Q
-desis
A
surgical fixation of bone or joint, binding, tying together
8
Q
dilation
A
widening, stretching, expanding
9
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-ectomy
A
excision, surgical removal
10
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-graphy
A
process of recording
11
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-metry
A
measurement
12
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-pexy
A
surgical fixation
13
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-plasty
A
surgical repair
14
Q
-rrhaphy
A
suture, suturing
15
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-scopy
A
visual examination
16
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-therapy
A
treatment
17
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-tomy
A
cut into, incision
18
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-tripsy
A
crushing
19
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-acusia, -acusis, -cusis
A
hearing
20
Q
-algesia, -algesic, -algia, -dynia
A
pain
21
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-dipsia
A
thirst
22
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-esthesia
A
sensation
23
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-opia, -opsia, -opsis, -opsy
A
vision, view of
24
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-osmia
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smell, odor
25
-phobia
fear
26
-phoria
feeling
27
-clasis/-clast
to break
28
-ectasis
dilation, expansion
29
-emesis
vomiting
30
-gen, -genesis, -genic, -genous
creating, producing
31
-kinesia, -kinesis
movement
32
-lysis
destruction
33
-pause, -stasis
cessation, stopping
34
-phage, -phagia
eating, swallowing
35
-phasia
speech
36
-rrhage, -rrhagia
bursting forth
37
-rrhea
flow, discharge
38
-rrhexis
rupture
39
-spasm
sudden involuntary contraction
40
-uresis
urination
41
-cele
hernia
42
-constriction
narrowing
43
-cytosis
condition of cells
44
-derma
skin
