Suffixes Flashcards
(54 cards)
1
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-osis
A
condition, usually abnormal
2
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-penia
A
deficiency
3
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-sclerosis
A
hardening
4
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-genic
A
pertaining to producing, produced by or in
5
Q
-logy
A
study of
6
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-centesis
A
puncture to remove fluid
7
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
8
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-oma
A
tumor, mass, collection of fluid
9
Q
-ole
A
little, small
10
Q
-ac
-iac
A
pertaining to
11
Q
-us
A
structure, substance
12
Q
-eal
A
pertaining to
13
Q
-rrhea
A
flow, discharge
14
Q
-algia
A
pain
15
Q
-scope
A
instrument for visual examination
16
Q
-lysis
A
breakdown, destruction, seperation
17
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-tomy
A
incision, cutting into
18
Q
-cyte
A
cell
19
Q
-megaly
A
enlargement
20
Q
-ary
A
pertaining to
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Q
-um
-ium
A
structure, tissue
22
Q
-ous
A
pertaining to
23
Q
-ist
A
specialist
24
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-scopy
A
process of visual examination (with an endoscope)
25
-gram
record
26
-phobia
fear
27
-pathy
disease condition
28
-er
one who
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-ar
pertaining to
30
-oid
resembling, derived from
31
-coccus (singular)
-cocci (plural)
berry-shaped bacterium (plural: bacteria)
32
-tic
pertaining to
33
-cele
hernia
34
-stasis
controlling, stopping
35
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
36
-trophy
development, nourishment
37
-plasty
surgical repair
38
-y
condition, process
39
-graphy
process of recording
40
-al
pertaining to
41
-graph
instrument for recording
42
-dynia
pain
43
-genesis
condition of producing, forming
44
-ose
pertaining to, full of
45
-ia
condition
46
-emia
blood condition
47
-opsy
to view
48
-ic
-ical
pertaining to
49
-ule
little, small
50
-ectomy
excision, removal, resection
51
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
52
-therapy
treatment (abbreviation: tx)
53
-plasia
development, formation, growth
54
-malacia
softening
