suffixes Flashcards by Heather de Groot

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-ectomy

A

excision or removal

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-centesis

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surgical puncture

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-stomy

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mouth, forming a new opening

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-tome

A

instrument to cut

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-tomy

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incision, cut into

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-desis

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binding, stabilization, fusion

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-rrhaphy

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suture

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-pexy

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fixation, suspension

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-plasty

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formation, plastic repair

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-clasis

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a breaking or re-fracture

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-lysis

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separate, destroy

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-tripsy

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crush

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-algia

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pain

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-cele

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swelling

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-dipsia

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thirst

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-dynia

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pain

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-ectasis

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dilation, expansion

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-esthesia

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sensation, feeling

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-emia

A

blood, condition

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-gen

A

to produce

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-gram

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a writing or a record

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-graph

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instrument for recording

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-graphy

A

process of recording

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-iasis

A

condition, formation of or presence of

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-itis

inflammation

-kinesis

movement

-lepsy

seizure

-logy

study of

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-meter

measure, instrument for measuring

-metry

act of measuring

-oid

resemble

-oma

tumor

-opia

vision

-osis

abnormal condition of, increase (of blood cells)

-pathy

disease

-penia

decrease, deficiency

-phagia

eating, ingesting, swallowing

-phasia

speech

-paresis

weakness, partial paralysis

-plegia

paralysis

-phobia

fear of

-ptosis

prolapse, falling

-ptysis

spitting

-physis

growth

-pnea

breathing

-rrhage

burst forth

-rrhagia

burst forth

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

abnormal condition of, hardening

-scope

instrument to view or examine

-scopy

visual examination

-spasm

involuntary contraction, twitching

-stasis

standing still

-stenosis

narrowing,constriction

-tension

blood pressure

therapy

treatment

-blast

germ cell

-carbia

carbon dioxide in the blood

-capnia

carbon dioxide in the blood

-chrome

color

-crine

secrete

-globin

protein

-lith

stone, calculus

-philia

attraction for love of

-plasia

formation of or production

-poiesis

formation, production of (blood cells)

-toxic

poison

-trophic

nourishment

-trophin

nourishment

-trophy

nourishment

adjective ending

- ac - al - ar - ary - ic - ical - ous - ory - tic

noun endings

- er - ia - is - ism - ist - y

diminutive endings

- ole - icle - ula - ule