Suffixes Flashcards by Oliver Woodroffe

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ap

- aph

A

Touch

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ary

- arium

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Place for something

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-ase

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Enzyme

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blast

- sprout

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Germ/Bud

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cell

- chamber

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Small room

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-chrom

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Colour

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-chym

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Juice

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cid

- cis

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Cut/Kill/Fall

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cul

- cule

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Small/Diminutive

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cyst

- sac

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Pouch/Bladder

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cyte

- cell

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Hollow container

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-duct

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Lead

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-elle

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Small

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-emia

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Blood

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-en

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Made of

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-eous

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Nature of/Like

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-err

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Wander/Go astray

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-fer

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Carry/Produce/Bear

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Fid-

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Divided into

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flect

- flex

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Bend

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-gam

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Marriage

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-gene

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Origin/Birth

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-gest

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Carry/Produce/Bear

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-glen

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Eyeball

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-glob

Round/Ball

-gon

Angle/Corner

- hal | - hale

Breathe/Breath

-helminth

Worm

-iac

Person afflicted with a disease

-iasis

Disease/Abnormal condition

-ism

A state or condition

-itis

Inflammation/Disease

-ium

Part of the body

-kary

Cell nucleus

-less

Without

-Log

Word/Speech

-logist

One who studies

-logy

Study of...

- lys - lyt - lyst

Decompose/Split/Dissolve

-mer

Part

- meter | - metry

Measurement

-mot

Move

-ner

Moist/Liquid

-node

Knot

- nom | - nomy

Ordered knowledge/Law

-oid

Form/Appearance

-oma

Abnormal condition/Tumour

- orium | - ory

Place for something

-osis

Abnormal condition

-pathy

Disease/Suffering

-ped

Foot/Child

-phil

Loving/Fond of

-phone

Sound

- phore | - pher

Bear/Carry

-phyll

Leaf

-phyte

Plant

-plast

Form

-pod

Foot

-rrhage

Burst Forth

-rrhea

Flow

-scop

Look/Device for seeing

-septice

Infection/Putrefaction

-sis

Condition/State

-sperm

Seed

-spher

Sphere

-spire

Breathe

-spore

Seed

-stasis

Placed

-stome

Mouth

- the | - thes

Put

-thel

Cover a surface

-therm

Heat

-tom

Cut/Slice

-trop

Turn/Change

-troph

Nourishment/One who feeds

- ule | - ul

Diminutive/Small

-ura

Tail

-verge

Turn/Slant

-vor

Devour/Eat

-zoa

Animal