Suffixes Flashcards by Nichole Tuszynski

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-kinesia

A

movement/motion

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-kinesis

A

movement/motion

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-logist

A

specialist

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-logy

A

study of

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-lysis

A

loosening/freeing/breaking apart/destroying

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-lytic*

A

pertaining to destruction

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-malacia

A

softening

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-mania

A

preoccupation

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-megaly

A

enlargement

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-meter

A

instrument to measure

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-metry

A

process of measuring

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-oid

A

resembling

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-oma

A

tumor

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-opia

A

vision

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-ose

A

sugar

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-osis

A

condition (abnormal; proliferation or an increased number of)

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-ous

A

pertaining to/characterized by

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-pathy

A

disease or abnormality

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-penia

A

deficiency

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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

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-phagia

A

eating/swallowing

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-gic

A

eating/swallowing

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-gy

A

eating/swallowing

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-phagia/-gic/-gy

A

eating/swallowing

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-phasia

speech

-phobia

abnormal fear

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis or a stroke

-rrhage

excessive flow or discarge

-rrhagia

excessive flow or discharge

-rrhage/-rrhagia

excessive flow or discharge

-rrhaphy

suture

-rrhea

flow or discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

hardening

-scopy

examination with an instrument

-spasm

twitching

-stasis

stopping

-stomy

forming of an opening

-tome

instrument for cutting

-tomy

incision (cutting into)

-tripsy

surgical crushing

-trophic*/-trophy

nutrition

-trophic*

nutrition

-trophy

nutrition

-able/-ible

capable of

-able

capable of

-ible

capable of

-ac/-al/-an/-ar/-ary/-eal/-ic/-ive/-tic

pertaining to [characterized by]

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-an

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-eal

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-ive

pertaining to

-tic

pertaining to

-ase

enzyme

-algia

pain

-cele

hernia

-centesis

procedure to aspirate fluid

-ectasia/-ectasis

dilation

-ectomy

excesion orremoval

-edema

swelling

-emesis

vomiting

-emia

blood

-genic/-genesis

beginning/producing

-genic

beginning/producing

-genesis

beginning/producing

-gram

record

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-ia/-iasis

condition

-ism

condition

-ist

one who

-itis

inflammation

-ia

condition

-iasis

condition