Suffixes Flashcards by Mark Rooke

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-ectomy

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The surgical removal of _______

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-centesis

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A surgical puncture of _______

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-tripsy

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surgical destruction of ______

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-clasis

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a surgical break, almost always of bone

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-desis

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binding (specifically of bones)

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-lysis

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destruction of ______, as in hemolysis

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-pexy

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to bind or mend, but almost always on soft tissue and not bones

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-plasty

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the surgical repair of _____ ; not always plastic surgery

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-rrhaphy

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to suture up, to sew up

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-stomy

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creating an opening in ________, as in colostomy

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-tome

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a cutting instrument for _______, as in dermostome

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-tomy

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an incision in the ________

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-gram

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visual image

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-scopy

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a visual inspection

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-algia

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pain of the ______

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-rrhage

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excessive flow or flooding of _______

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-sclorosis

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hardening of the ________

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-dynia

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pain of the _______ (synonymous with -algia)

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-cele

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herniated, as in hydrocele

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-ectasis

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dilation of the _______

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-edema

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swelling, the presence of fluid in the ______

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-gen

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the agent of creation or origin, as in “antigen”

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-genesis

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creation of ______

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-iasis

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an unnatural condition of the ______ (generic)

-lith

stone of the ______

-malacia

softening of the ________

-megaly

excessively grown ________ (as in "too big")

-oma

a swelling or tumor in/of the _______

-osis

an unnatural condition of the ______ (generic)

-pathy

disease of the _______

-penia

decrease or deficiency

-phagia

eating, as in "dysphagia"

-phasia

speaking, as in "dysphasia"

-plasia

a growing of the ______

-plasm

growth, the noun, as in the growth itself

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

a movement out of position or prolapse

-trophy

nourishment or development

-stenosis

narrowing of the ______

-icle

a small something, like "particle"