Suffixes Flashcards by Michelle Moreno

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Esthesi/o

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sensation

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Embolus

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Blockage in a vessel

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Iatr/o

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Physician

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Psoriasis

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Skin disease

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Vertebra and its plural form is……

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Bone of the spine and its vertebrae

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Geriatrician

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Specialist in care of the aged

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Plural of fungus

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Fungi

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Spermatozoom

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Male reproductive cell; sperm cell

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Stenosis

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Narrowing of a canal

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Matrix and its plural form is……

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Background substance;mold and its matrices

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-ian, -iatrics, -iatry, -ics, -ist, -logy mean….

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Suffixes for medical specialties

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Photophobia

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Pain caused by light; intolerance of light

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Tetany

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Sustained muscle contraction

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Singular of ova (eggs) is….

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Ovum

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Omentum

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Abdominal membrane

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Phot/o

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Light

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Suffixes -ac, al, -ar, -ary, -form, -ic, -ical, -ile, -oid, ory, -ous mean…..

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Pertaining to, like or resembling

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Phalanx and its plural form is……

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Bone of finger or toe and its phalanges

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Meniux

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Membrane around the brain and spinal cord

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Diuresis

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Increased urination

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Thrombus and its plural is………

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Bad blood circulation and its plural is thrombi

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Dystrophy

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Changes due to lack of nourishment

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Ovum

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Female reproductive cell; egg

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Serum and its plural is……

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Thin fluid and its plural is sera

An

not

Lumen and its plural form is......

Central opening and its lumina

Ger/o

Old or old age

-ia, -ism, -sis, -y mean.....

Condition of

-a, -en, -ex, -ix, -yx, -is, -ma, -nx, -anx, inx, -ynx, -on, -um, -us

Plural endings

Ganglion and its plural is.........

Mass of nervous tissue and its plural is ganglia

Suffix -form means....

Resembling

Anesthesia

Lack of sensation

Stigma and its plural form is.....

Mark or scar and its plural is stigmata