Suffix Master List: Part 2 Flashcards

1
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-edema

A

swelling

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2
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-emia

A

a condition of the blood

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3
Q

-gravida

A

pregnant woman

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4
Q

-ia, -ism

A

condition

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5
Q

-iasis

A

pathological condition or state

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6
Q

-itis

A

inflammation

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7
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-lepsy, -leptic

A

seizure

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8
Q

-lith

A

stone

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9
Q

-malacia

A

softening

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10
Q

-megaly

A

enlargement

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11
Q

-necrosis

A

tissue death

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12
Q

-oid

A

resembling

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13
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-oma

A

tumor

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14
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-osis

A

abnormal condition

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15
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-oxia

A

oxygen

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16
Q

-paresis

A

slight or partial paralysis

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17
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-partum, -tocia

A

childbirth, labor

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18
Q

-pathy

A

disease

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19
Q

-penia

A

deficiency

20
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-pepsia

21
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-phonia

22
Q

-plasia, -plasm

A

formation, growth

23
Q

-plastic

A

pertaining to formation or growth

24
Q

-plegia

25
-plegic
pertaining to paralysis
26
-pnea
breathing
27
-pneic
pertaining to breathing
28
-ptosis
drooping, prolapse
29
salpinx
uterine (fallopian) tube
30
-sclerosis
hardening
31
-static
not in motion, at rest
32
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
33
-thorax
chest
34
-trophy
nourishment, growth
35
-uria
urine
36
-graph
recording instrument
37
-meter
measuring instrument
38
-scope
viewing instrument
39
-tome
cutting instrument
40
-ac, -al, -ar, -eal
pertaining to
41
-ial, -ic, -ical, -ory, -ous, -tic, -tous
pertaining to
42
-cyte, -cytic
cell
43
-gram
record
44
-ole, -ule
small
45
-prandial
meal
46
-stomy
mouthlike opening