Suffixes Flashcards

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-al

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pertaining to

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-ac

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pertaining to

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-algia

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pain

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-blast

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embryonic

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-cele

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hernia

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-centesis

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surgical puncture

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-clysis

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irrigate, washing

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-coccus

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berry shaped

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-crit

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to separate

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-drome

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to run

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-ectasis

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stretching, dilatation

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-ectomy

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to excise

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-er

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one who

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-fusion

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to pour

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-genesis

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condition of producing

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-grade

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to go

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-gram

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record

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-graph

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instrument for recording

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-ia

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condition, process

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-ist

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one who specializes in

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-itis

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inflammation

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-ology

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process of studying

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-lysis

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to break

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-malacia

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softening

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-meter

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to measure

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-odynia

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Pain

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-oid

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pertaining to

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-ole

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little

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-oma

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tumor

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-opsy

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to view

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-or

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one who

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-orrhagia

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bursting forth of blood

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-orrhaphy

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suture

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-orrhea

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flow, discharge

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-orrhexia

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rupture

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-osis

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condition

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-ostomy

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make a new opening

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-otomy

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to cut into

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-pathy

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disease

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-penia

A

deficiency

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-pexy

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fixation

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-physis

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to grow

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-plasia

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formation, development

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-plasm

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growth, formation

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-poiesis

A

formation

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-ptosis

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drooping, prolapse

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-ptysis

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spitting

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-sclerosis

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hardening

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-scope

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instrument to visually examine

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-spasm

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sudden violent involuntary contraction

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-stalsis

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constriction

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-stasis

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to stop, control

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-stenosis

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tightening, narrowing

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-therapy

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treatment

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-tic

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pertaining to

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-tome

A

instrument to cut

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-tomy

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process of cutting

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-tresia

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opening

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-tripsy

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surgical crushing

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-trophy

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development

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-ule

A

little

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-y

A

process, condition

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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -oid, -ous, -tic

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pertaining to

70
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-ia, -osis, -y

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condition, process