Suffixes Flashcards by Mac Millson

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-ac

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Pertaining to cardiac

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-al

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Pertaining tk dental

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-ar

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Pertaining to tonsillar

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-ary

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Pertaining to coronary

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-ic

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Pertaining to gastric

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-ine

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Pertaining to uterine

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-ive

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Pertaining to interactive

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-ous

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Pertaining to mucous

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-ation

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Being / having / process

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-ion

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Action/ condition

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-ia

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Condition/ state/ thing

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-ism

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Disease from specific cause/ process

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-itis

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Infection of / inflammation of

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-oma

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Mass/ tumor

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-osis

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Abnormal condition/ process

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-pathy

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Disease

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-ectomy

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Surgical removal

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-gram

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Picture/ record

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-graphy

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Process of recording

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-metry

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Process of measuring

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-scope

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Instrument used to examine

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-scopy

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Process of examining with instrument

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-tomy

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Process of making an incision

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-iatry

Medical treatment

-ics

Knowledge/ practice

-ist

Person or thing specializing in

-logy

Study of

-ose

Full of / pertaining to

-emia

Condition of blood

-plasia

Developement / form

-plasm

Cell / tissue substance

-morph

Form/ shape

-genesis

Origin/ beginning/ formation/ generating

-genic

Pertaining to origin or formation

-gen

Substance that produces

-genous

Produce/ origin/ beginning/ formation

-physis

Growth/ growing

-phyte

Live/ growing

-trophic

Pertaining to nutrition

-tropin

Pertaining to nutrition

-trophy

Nourishment or food

-tropic

Stimulate

-tropin

That which stimulates or turns

-poiesis

Formation/ production of cells

-uria

Condition of urine

-ory

Pertaining to auditory

-ose

Pertaining to adipose

-ior

Pertaining to anterior

-ine

Pertaining to uterine

-iasis

Condition, usually abnormal

-osis

Condition usually abnormal

-sis

Condition/ state of

-ion

Condition/ process

-er

One who

-ist

One who

-or

One who

-ian -ician

One who treats

-iatry

Treatment/ speciality

-iatrist

Specialist/ physician

-logist

One who studies

-ation

Process

-lysis

Breaking down

-stomy

Surgical opening

-therapy

Treatment