Suffixes Flashcards
(116 cards)
1
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-ism
A
a process; condition
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-tomy
A
incision, cutting into
3
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-ectomy
A
excision, removal
4
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-plasm
A
formation, growth
5
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-somes
A
bodies
6
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-type
A
picture, classification
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Q
-algia, -dynia
A
pain
8
Q
-cele
A
hernia
9
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-centesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fluid
10
Q
-emia
A
blood condition
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-genesis
A
producing, formation
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Q
-gram
A
record
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-graphy
A
process of recording
14
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-er
A
one who
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Q
-ia
A
condition
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-ole, -ule
A
little, small
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-um, -ium
A
structure, tissue
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-us
A
structure, substance
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-oid
A
resembling, derived from
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-ac, -iac, -ic, -ical, -tic
A
pertaining to
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-al, -ar, -ary, -ous
A
pertaining to
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-ose
A
pertaining to, full of
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-blast
A
embryonic or immature cells
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-crine
A
to secrete
25
-drome
to run
26
-fusion
combing together, to pour
27
-gen
substance that produces
28
-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
29
-phoria
to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
30
-physis
to grow
31
-pnea
breathing
32
-malacia
softening
33
-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
34
-osis
condition, usually abnormal
35
-penia
deficiency
36
-plasia
development, growth
37
-plasty
surgical repair
38
-ptosis
drooping, falling, prolapse
39
-rrhea
discharge, flow
40
-sclerosis
hardening
41
-stasis
controlling, stopping
42
-stomy
opening to form a mouth (stoma)
43
-trophy
development, nourishment
44
-genic
pertaining to, produced by or in
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-ase
enzyme
46
-chezia
defecation
47
-iasis
abnormal condition
48
-prandial
meal
49
-ectasis, -ectasia
dillation, widening
50
-emesis
vomitting
51
-pepsia
digestion
52
-ptysis
spitting
53
-rrhage -rrhagia
bursting forth (of blood)
54
-stenosis
narrowing, tightening
55
-tresia
opening
56
-poietin
substance that forms
57
-tripsy
crushing
58
-uria
urination, urine condition
59
-arche
begining
60
-cyesis
pregnancy
61
-gravida
pregnancy
62
-parous
bearing, bringing forth
63
-salpinx
fallopian tube
64
-tocia
labor, birth
65
-version
act of turning
66
-one
hormone
67
-pexy
fixation, put in place
68
-algesia
sensitive to pain
69
-algia
pain
70
-esthesia
feeling; nervous sensation
71
-kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic
movement
72
-lepsy
seizure
73
-paresis
weakness
74
-phasia
speech
75
-plegia
paralysis
76
-praxia
action
77
-sthenia
strength
78
-ema
condition
79
-osmia
smell
80
-sphyxia
pusle
81
-thorax
plural cavity, chest
82
-apheresis
removal, carry away
83
-cytosis
abnormal condition of the cells
84
-globin -globulin
protein
85
-lytic
pertaining to destruction
86
-philia
attraction for
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-phoresis
carrying, transmission
88
-poiesis
formation
89
-stitial
to set, standing position
90
-suppression
to stop
91
-clast
to break
92
-listhesis
slipping
93
-tome
instrument to cut
94
-porosis
pore, passage
95
-desis
to bind, tie together
96
-astheria
lack of strenght
97
-trophy
development, nourishment
98
-derma
skin
99
-opia
vision
100
-opsia
vision
101
-tropia
to turn
102
-otia
ear condition
103
-cusis
hearing
104
-acusis
hearing
105
-agon
assemble, gather together
106
-in, -ine
substance
107
-tropin
stimulating the production of
108
-blastoma
immature tumor
109
-plasm
formation, growth
110
-therapy
treatment
111
-lucent
to shine
112
-opaque
obscure
113
-leptic
to seize hold of
114
-mania
obsessive preoccupation
115
-phobia
fear (irrational and often unsettling)
116
-thymia
mind
