Suffixes Flashcards by Liana Wong

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algia

A

painful

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dynia

A

painful

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ate, ize

A

act on, cause to become, treat with

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cele

A

protrusion

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centesis

A

remove fluid by puncturing

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cle, cule, ule, ulus

A

making something small

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cyte

A

cell

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desis

A

fusion

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ectomy

A

removal by cutting

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emesis

A

vomiting (hemitemisis)

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emia

A

blood

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form, oid

A

have the form of; resemblance to

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genesis

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beginning

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genic

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produced by

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gram

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written record

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graph

A

instrument that performs the test

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graphy

A

process of performing the test

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lysis

A

breaking down

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malacia

A

softening

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megaly

A

enlargement

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meter

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instrument

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metry

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process of measuring

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ologist

A

expert in particular area of study

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ology

A

scientific study of a subject

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opsy

seen by

otomy

to incise (the incision itself)

ostomy, stomy

surgical external opening

penia

deficiency

pexy, pexis

to fix, tie down in some fashion

phagia, phagy

eating

phobia

fear

plasia

formation

plasty

to reconstruct or shape

plegia

paralysis

pnea

breathing

poesis

production of

ptosis

drooping

rrhage, rrhagia

excessive outflow

rrhaphy

suturing

rrhea

discharge/ outflow

rhexis

breaking away; rupture

sclerosis

hardening

scope

instrument (visual)

scopy

procedure

spasm

sudden involuntary movement

tome

instrument that does the cutting

tripsy

crushed

trophic, trophy

growth or development

itis

inflammation

oma

tumor or mass

osis

abnormal condition

pathy

disease

phasia

speech

uria

condition of urine

ac

related or pertaining to

al/ial

related or pertaining to

ar

related or pertaining to ("vascular")

ary

related or pertaining to ("coronary")

ic

related or pertaining to (pulmonic)

ous

related or pertaining to (erophemetous)

tic

related or pertaining to (hemolytic)

esis

state or condition of (hematopoeisis)

ia

state or condition of (neuralgia)

iasis

state or condition of (cholelithiasis)

ism

state or condition of (hyperthyroidism)

ity

state or condition of

osis

state or condition of (diverticulosis)

tion

state or condition of (dilapidation)

y

state or condition of

section

cut

therapy

treatment