Suffixes Flashcards
(34 cards)
1
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/ac, /al
A
relating to
2
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/algia
A
pain
3
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/ar
A
relating to
4
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/ary
A
relating to
5
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/centesis
A
withdrawing fluid
6
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/cyte
A
cell
7
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/eal
A
relating to
8
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/ectomy
A
removal
9
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/emia, /hemia
A
throughout the blood
10
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/grade
A
go
11
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/gram
A
picture, record, tracing
12
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/graph
A
instrument that creates picture or recording
13
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/graphy
A
process of crating picture, recording, or tracing
14
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/ia
A
condition
15
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/iac
A
relating to
16
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/ic
A
relating to
17
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/ior
A
relating to
18
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/ism
A
situation, process, condition
19
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/ist
A
someone who does
20
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/itis, /itic
A
inflammation
21
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/ium
A
structure
22
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/logy
A
study of, also used as root word “log/o”
23
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/megaly
A
enlargement
24
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/meter
A
distance measure, instrument to measure
25
/oid
like
26
/opsy
look at
27
/ose
like, relating to (also a suffix for chemical name for sugar [gluc])
28
/osis
pathologic condition
29
/ous
relating to
30
/pathy
disease process
31
/scope
instrument used to see through/with
32
/statis
control, hold in
33
/tic
relating to
34
/y
process of
