Suffixes Flashcards
(91 cards)
1
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Define -crine
A
secrete
2
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Define -drome
A
run
3
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Define -fusion
A
coming together/to pour
4
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Define -gen
A
substance that produces
5
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Define -lapse
A
slide/fall/sag
6
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Define -lysis
A
breakdown/destruction/seperation
7
Q
Define -meter
A
measure
8
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Define -mission
A
send
9
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Define -or
A
one who
10
Q
Define -oxia
A
oxygen
11
Q
Define -pertum
A
birth/labor
12
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Define -phoria
A
bear/carry/feeling (mental)
13
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Define -physis
A
grow
14
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Define -plasia
A
development/formation/growth
15
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Define -plasm
A
structure/formation
16
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Define -pnea
A
breathing
17
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Define -ptom
A
happening/occurence
18
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Define -ptosis
A
falling/drooping/prolapse
19
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Define -rrhea
A
flow/discharge
20
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Define -stasis
A
stopping/controlling
21
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Define -trophy
A
development/nourishment
22
Q
Define -algia, -dynia
A
pain
23
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Define sclerosis
A
hardening
24
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Define penia
A
deficieny
25
Define plasia
growth
26
Define stomy
new opening
27
Define ac, iac, al, ar, ic, arty, ical, tic
pertaining to
28
Define oid
resemble/derive from
29
Define ose
pertaining to/full of
30
Define centesis
surgical puncture
31
Define desis
fusion
32
Define ectomy
excision/removal
33
Define pexy
fixation of
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Define plasty
surgical repair
35
Define orrhaphy
suture/stitch
36
Define scopy
visual examination
37
Define sect
to cut
38
Define tome
incision
39
Define tripsy
crushing
40
Define opsy
view/examine
41
Define isch
to hold back
42
Define aise
ease
43
Define mycin
mold
44
Define logy
the process of study
45
Define tome
instrument to cut
46
Define osis
abnormal condition
47
Define emia
blood condition
48
Define ous
condition/structure
49
Define scope
instrument to examine
50
Define gram
record
51
Define graphy
the process of recording
52
Define ism, y
condition
53
Define ist
specialist
54
Define itis
inflammation
55
Define phage
eat/swallow
56
Define gnosis
knowing
57
Define pathy, path
disease
58
Define tachy
rapid
59
Define tripsy
crushing
60
Define ion
action/process
61
Define ian
specialist
62
Define malacia
softening
63
Define megaly
enlargement
64
Define ule, ole
small/little
65
Define er
specialist/one who
66
Define brady
slow
67
Define sepsis
infection
68
Define thesis
to put/to place
69
Define -crine
secrete
70
Define -drome
running
71
Define meter
instrument for measuring
72
Define -mission
to send
73
Define partum
birth/labor
74
Define -ptom
condition
75
Define porosis
weakening
76
Define lithiasis
abnormal condition of gallstones
77
Define chezia
defecation/elimination of waste
78
Define ectasis
dilation
79
Define optysis
spitting up
80
Define stenosis
narrowing
81
Define esthesia
sensation
82
Define kines
movement
83
Define lepsy
seizure
84
Define phasia
speech
85
Define plegia
paralysis
86
Define praxia
movement
87
Define syncope
fainting
88
Define taxia
corrdination
89
Define rrhagic
excessive bleeding/bursting forth
90
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Define plakia
abnormal patch
