Suffixes Flashcards by Aiyana Turpen

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Meaning

pertaining to

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-algia

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Meaning

condition of pain

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-cyte

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Meaning

cell

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-ectomy

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Meaning

cutting out; removal, excision

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-emia

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Meaning

blood condition

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-globin

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Meaning

protein

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-gram

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Meaning

record

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-ia

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Meaning

condition

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-ism

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Meaning

condition, process

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-itis

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Meaning

inflammation

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-logist

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Meaning

specialist in the study of

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-logy

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Meaning

study of

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-oma

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Meaning

tumor, mass

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-opsy

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Meaning

to view

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-osis

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Meaning

abnormal condition

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-scope

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Meaning

instrument to visually examine

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-scopy

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Meaning

process of visual examination

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-sis

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Meaning

state of

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-tomy

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Meaning

process of cutting into; incision

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Suffix

-megaly

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Meaning

enlargement

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-pathy

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Meaning

disease condition

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Suffix

-rrhea

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Meaning

flow, discharge

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rrhage
rrhagia

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Meaning

excessive discharge of blood

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-sclerosis

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Meaning

hardening

Suffix | -uria

Meaning | condition of urine

Suffix | -centesis

Meaning | surgical puncture to remove fluid

Suffix | -graphy

Meaning | process of recording

Suffix | -lysis

Meaning | separation, breakdown, destruction

Suffix | -plasty

Meaning | surgical repair, or surgical correction

Suffix | -stomy

Meaning | opening

Suffix | -therapy

Meaning | treatment

Suffix - ation - y

Meaning | process, condition

Suffix | -cision

Meaning | process of cutting

Suffix | -crine

Meaning | secretion

Suffix | -dipsia

Meaning | thirst

Suffix | -gen

Meaning | to produce

Suffix | -lapse

Meaning | to fall, slide

Suffix | -meter

Meaning | to measure

Suffix | -mission

Meaning | to send

Suffix | -mortem

Meaning | death

Suffix | -partum

Meaning | birth

Suffix | -phagia

Meaning | eating

Suffix | -phasia

Meaning | -speech

Suffix | -plasia

Meaning | formation (condition)

Suffix | -plasm

Meaning | formation (tissue)

Suffix | -plegia

Meaning | paralysis

Suffix | -pnea

Meaning | breathing

Suffix | -section

Meaning | to cut

Suffix | -stasis

Meaning | to stand, place, stop, control

Suffix | -tension

Meaning | pressure

Suffix | -thesis

Meaning | to put, place (state of putting or placing)

Suffix | -um

Meaning | structure

Suffix | -trophy

Meaning | nourishment; development

Suffix | -cele

Meaning | hernia

Suffix | -pexy

Meaning | surgical fixation

Suffix | -porosis

Meaning | condition of containing passages or spaces

Suffix | -plegia

Meaning | paralysis